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February 2013 Moms
When should maternity leave start?
I am 31, very healthy, likely to carry past my due date and very active. I am a waitress/bartender and would have plenty of help lifting ice buckets, trays, etc. The staff I work with has dealt with a preggo before.
I was thinking of trying to work up until the week before I'm due, is this realistic? I'll cut back my shifts to 3-4 a week by then, and maybe switch to Hostessing, but I'd still like to have money coming in until I can file my tax return (that will be our Maternity Leave money).
I've never done this before, I need advice, is this a ridiculous idea?
Thanks
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I work for government as well! I probably COULD start leave early, but I have a desk job that isn't usually physically taxing, so I'm planning to work right til the end unless I get put on bed rest or something. I want to have as much of my leave available as possible to actually spend WITH my baby. ;
One of my cousins worked in a restaurant when she was pregnant and I believe she stuck to hostessing at he end of her pregnant and did not start leave early. But I'd say it's important to be flexible and make decisions base on how you feel and if you think you can handle it. It's all about what best for you and baby. :
Married: 05/14/2011
DS Was Born: 02/10/2013
EDD: 10/19/2015
Made my sister crazy and she went over her due date.
I worked until Friday and gave birth Monday. I plan on doing the same this time as long as my body doesn't tell me differently. Although I have a desk job and don't even need to get up majority of the day.
I would listen to your body and do what it allows you to do. I have 0 intentions of sitting at home. We don't have anything to get ready for and I much prefer to help the time pass by getting off my bum every morning, getting dressed and going to work. Plus a 100% paycheck is also a great deal.
I'm pretty lucky, having a planned c-section date and all. I'm doing the smae thing I did with my last pregnancy. I'll take the day off before my c-section just so I can get some rest and finish up any last minute stuff that I need to do. With this plan, my last day at work will be Wednesday, January 1st and I'll be delivering via c-section on the 1st of February.
I was off on modified bed rest for the last two weeks when I was pregnant with my first and it was SO boring. Nothing more boring than just sitting and waiting for the baby to come.
my mom is a nurse and she worked all the way up till the day she was induced.
I am quitting in December, but my job requires a lot of walking, often outdoors (and I live in a warm part of the country), and lifting that no one can help me with, but if you can hostess, then I think it'd be a good plan to try and work as long as you can.
This exactly. I am working until I go into labor, even if that is in work in front of a class of high schoolers. Haha. With DD I was due on the last day of school, so I took off the last two weeks of school to have some kind of leave. I was pretty antsy and bored, though, so the time dragged and then I went into labor three days late. So this time...I am working until I go in labor.
This is just my opinion and others may disagree...
I think it is definitely possible but I would definitely listen to your body. Being on your feet for 8 hours in a busy environment with little ability for breaks such as waitress/bartender is very hard on your body especially at the end of pregnancy. The only thing I would caution you about is several of my bartender friends/old coworkers have gone into labor early (35-38ish weeks) just due to being on their feet so much with little ability for a break, but they definitely worked right up until being told by a doctor to stop. One actually was induced as her blood pressure kept rising from not being able to rest and being on her feet so long each day. I will say they worked about 5 days a week though.
If it were me I would bartend on cut shifts like you plan on doing as long as possible then as soon as I started dilating or my body started screaming, I would switch to hostessing to take some of the pressure off my body.
The fun thing about pregnancy is each one is very different and some people feel absolutely great right up until the end and others are miserable. There is really no way now to guess how it all will play out.
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What kind of things do you think you'll look for to request to go from 12's to 8's? I ask, because I'm an ER nurse too and I work 12's. I'm the type to work through pain, the only thing that stops me is if it's bad for the baby. I'm currently off for a week because after 6 hours I decided to dip my own urine becaue of the symptoms I was having , then asked an ER doc what I should do given my symptoms and the dip results. I went up to L and D per her recommendation and apparently I have/had a kidney stone(I think I passed it, the pain is a bunch better). You think I'll "just know" when to ask to get switched to 8's?(I love 12's, just not while pregnant)
With DD, I worked until Wednesday the week I had her, I took Thursday off to get some things done, and was supposed to be induced on Friday that week. I easily could have worked Thursday, but just wanted some time with DH. I did end up having her on Thursday though.
I plan to try to work until the end this time, but I am struggling a bit more with this pregnancy, DD wears me out, but I still plan to try.