I am curious about bed rest and how many of you were placed on bed rest and when. ?In reading Dr. Luke's book she talks about stopping work at 28 weeks. ?I am curious what you did, what your doctor's recommended. ?I see the Dr this week, this will be our first appt. since finding out we have twins. ?Also in her book she talks about not working more than 6 hours per day. ?I have been working 8 hours per day but I am so tired. ?I have a high stress job, I work for the county as a Clinical Psychologist for the Children's behavioral health system and I do family mental health assessments on families who are involved with DSES as well as carry a small therapy caseload of children. ?I am wondering if I should just continue my 8 hours per day, or cut back to 6. ?I would rather be proactive than keep working and working and then go into labor really early or have some complications that may have been avoided if I had taken it easy. ?Just wondering what others have done and how it went for you. ?Thank you!
Re: Bed Rest and Work Load Questions
I was put on bedrest at 26 weeks for regular contractions, but not everyone goes on bedrest & many people work until close to their due date if they can, to save $ and leave time. I would talk to your OB about his/her approach to bedrest & advice re working. That way if you have to approach your work about cutting back, you can perhaps get some documentation from your OB if needed. ?My OB does not do automatic bedrest or work stoppage at a certain point but at the first sign of anything remotely worrisome, he does. I was lucky to have finished work for the school year when I got put on bedrest.
For some people, I'm sure the decision is partially based on whether their employer is willing to work with them & what type of work they do (desk, on feet,etc). I will say that by around 28 weeks you will likely want to do an abbreviated schedule though....but I do know a few ppl IRL who worked up til term. GL!