When do you want your last day of work to be before leave?

sissyroo · March 2011

So...... I'm sitting here trying to figure out Summer staffing schedules and I am trying to figure out how long I will actually want to work in the month of June. I am due on July 4 and my doctors have always said that IVF babies almost always are born a week early. I am thinking that my last day at work will need to be around June 17 (a little over 2 weeks before due date). What is everyone else thinking? (I know we can't plan this out completely Smile

but I would like to have a plan in place nonetheless).

Mrs.Leah.Maria · March 2011

Sorry, I'm no help. I intend to work up until I deliver.

aesf · March 2011

im so tired all the time, can it be tomorrow?

My job ends in May, unless they ask me to stay on. Ill take assignments through the first week of July (its not ideal $$ wise but since i have the opportunity to take 3 weeks prior instead of 2, i will).

anakalia10 · March 2011

I plan to work up until I deliver (but I will likely ask to work 1-2 days a week from home during the last month- same as I did with #1).

FWIW, of my friends that had IVF, most went until their due date or were induced after it.

gmc222 · March 2011

Want? Tomorrow.

Realistic? I have the option to work from home, so up until I deliver.

lucylea · March 2011

With DD I intended to work until I was in labor and the doctors at work sent me to the hospital. Unfortunately, contractions started before I actually started progressing so I stopped working about two weeks before she finally came.

Honestly, if you've got the time off/savings I'd plan on being off a week before you expect LO to come. That last week at home was good. Make sure to keep things around to keep you busy, though. I walked miles and miles a day and ran lots of little errands otherwise I would have been going stir crazy!

Jay_Cee · March 2011

I'm working up until my due date, then I'm going on leave.

jlm245 · March 2011

I don't get any paid maternity leave so I will be working until the bitter end. I hope I can talk my boss into letting me work from home as it gets closer though...

GracieLou Freebush · March 2011

I'll work until I deliver.

FordFalcor · March 2011

gmc222:

Want? Tomorrow.

Realistic? I have the option to work from home, so up until I deliver.

All of this. It just really depends upon how I feel as the date gets closer. If I can't put in a full day's work, my boss would rather I not clock in.

aesf · March 2011

Jay_Cee:
I'm working up until my due date, then I'm going on leave.

If I had a steady job i would do this or maybe a week before if i could afford it.

sarahanderic2009 · March 2011

Mrs.Leah.Maria:
Sorry, I'm no help. I intend to work up until I deliver.

Same, unless Doc says otherwise. I can't afford to be off more than 6 weeks honestly. I would love to take the week off prior if possible but how does one know unless they are to be induced or have a scheduled c-section....

ShannonMacHappy · March 2011

Mrs.Leah.Maria:
Sorry, I'm no help. I intend to work up until I deliver.

This is me too.

Kendra409 · March 2011

My C-Section is scheduled for 7/21 and my last day of work is either 15th (Friday) or 18th (Monday). Not sure which.

kell8807 · March 2011

With DD, I quit working about a week & a half before my due date. I was glad I did because I got to finish getting the nursery set up, clothes washed, and cleaned our apartment really good. Plus, I also got to take lots of naps & really rest up.

txaggie2002 · March 2011

I want my last day to be today, but I will work up until I deliver. I don't have enough vacation/ sick leave to "waste" it before baby comes.

njohnson1972 · March 2011

I can start STD one week prior to my due date.

miller4285 · March 2011

my first day of maternity leave=first contraction.

my last day of maternity leave=ASAP

I don't have any paid time off left. We can't go without one of my paychecks for more than 1 or 2 weeks max

HappyKlamb10 · March 2011

Part of me wants to stop working a week before my due date of 7/1, but I honestly might just work up until I deliver. I have to use vaca/sick time for the days I take off before the baby is born, and if I end up going 1-2 weeks late, that's a lot of PTO that I'm using without actually needing to. I'd rather save that up for after baby is born. So I guess I'll see how I'm progressing throughout June and make the call based on that.

I work at a university and classes are over in early May...the summers are a lot slower in my office, so I can make a game-time decision if I need to.

abrazz · March 2011

I was taken out of work by my doctor a week before I was due. I had planned on working till I went into labor but I couldn't do my job anymore. I only missed 2 days though before I went into labor. This time the plan is the same, work till I drop or go into labor. If I had enough saved paid time off I would plan for a week or 2 before my due date, but I will only have enough sick time saved for 4 weeks off and any extra will be unpaid.

sissyroo · March 2011

HappyKlamb10:
Part of me wants to stop working a week before my due date of 7/1, but I honestly might just work up until I deliver. I have to use vaca/sick time for the days I take off before the baby is born, and if I end up going 1-2 weeks late, that's a lot of PTO that I'm using without actually needing to. I'd rather save that up for after baby is born. So I guess I'll see how I'm progressing throughout June and make the call based on that.

I work at a university and classes are over in early May...the summers are a lot slower in my office, so I can make a game-time decision if I need to.

I work at a University too!

MommySteph2009 · March 2011

I intend to work up till I deliver too, although anything can happen to change that. I want as much time after delivery to stay at home with my boys.

weebos8 · March 2011

I work at an elementary school, and our last day is June 3rd. I soooo can't wait for the break!

damabo80 · March 2011

I'm planning for the Friday before my induction to be the last day worked.

KatiKM · March 2011

With DD 1 who was due 1/2/10 I intended to work until 12/24 but I had pre-e and was put on hospital bedrest the day after Thanksgiving.

I have my C/S tenitively planned for 7/22 this time so I figure I will hopefully work until 7/16. But that is all dependent on if the pre-e comes back again of course. I so wish I had the sort of job I could do from home.

x0stephanie · March 2011

May 1st. I'm going to go on short term disability though due to chronic back problems.

Kristin131 · March 2011

I am saving my PTO to use for at least two 1/2 days a week throughout June. I'll prob work until I deliver. I did the 1/2 day thing last time and it was fantastic

boogerbearoriginal · March 2011

KatiKM:
With DD 1 who was due 1/2/10 I intended to work until 12/24 but I had pre-e and was put on hospital bedrest the day after Thanksgiving.

I have my C/S tenitively planned for 7/22 this time so I figure I will hopefully work until 7/16. But that is all dependent on if the pre-e comes back again of course. I so wish I had the sort of job I could do from home.

7/22 is my bday so I think that's a great day!

OP - I plan on working until I go into labor. Luckily my work is really flexible and isn't requiring an exact date from me.

aligator423uf · March 2011

Mrs.Leah.Maria:
Sorry, I'm no help. I intend to work up until I deliver.

This. Not enough vacation leave to allow for any extra time!

Meg&Pete · March 2011

I hope to work until it is GO time! I want as much time off with the LO as possible.

My mom's water broke when she was pregnant with me while she was in the middle of interviewing a potential new hire. It was a Friday, two days before my EDD, and she was trying to finish the week out. PS- poor kid got the job!

fromthismoment08 · March 2011

I am a teacher and my school year ends on June 23rd, so that will be my last day :-)

abergale · March 2011

I will be induced June 17th or 20th and my last day of work for the summer is 10th. Last time I worked up until the day I was induced, this time I get a week off

cemacmil · March 2011

a_brasuell:
I was taken out of work by my doctor a week before I was due. I had planned on working till I went into labor but I couldn't do my job anymore. I only missed 2 days though before I went into labor. This time the plan is the same, work till I drop or go into labor. If I had enough saved paid time off I would plan for a week or 2 before my due date, but I will only have enough sick time saved for 4 weeks off and any extra will be unpaid.

I work 12 hour shifts on my feet, so I am sure my doc will let me know during those last weekly check ups.

MamaC2b2011 · March 2011

I'm a hairstylist so I will work as long as I can. I don't know what that means but, I hope to go until I deliver, if there aren't any physical interferences with my work. LOL

PrincessDi80 · March 2011

I will work until I deliver

suebee17 · March 2011

I am due July 1st and I am a teacher.

I set up my last day to be Thursday June 16th.

momtoRaegan041008 · March 2011

I worked up until the day I had my baby. I called and told them I wouldn't be there at 10 til the time I was suppose to arrive. I plan to do the same this time. I see no reason to sit at home and wait around to go into labor, but that is just me. Unless of course it would be medically necessary. I don't get any paid time off, so if I'm not there I don't get paid.

ohashlet · March 2011

Mrs.Leah.Maria:
Sorry, I'm no help. I intend to work up until I deliver.

This.

lacey321 · March 2011

I plan on working up until delivery, I want as much time off with my LO as possible!

MouseInLux · March 2011

I have three weeks left YAHOO!! My last day is April 15th (I'll be on vacation until May 11th) Thank God for living in Luxembourg!!

tweller · March 2011

Before my STD kicks in I have to use 32 hours of PTO and then my 64 hours of IPA (Income protection account=fancy name for sick time). So I am going to try and coordinate with my doctor to go out two weeks before my due date of 7/1, so hopefully 6/17 would be my last day. That way I can use my 96 hours that I HAVE to use before I can even start my STD. As long as I have a doctors note excusing me I can use STD up until I deliver, but at the date of deliver my 6/8 weeks starts (depends on vaginal or c-section). So since I have to use those 96 hours that will cut into my STD, I'd rather take off two weeks early and use that up so I can start my STD the day I deliver. Also I will have to use any earned PTO before my STD starts, so I will be making sure I only have like 32 hours of PTO when I go out. I think it would be different if I could save my PTO/IPA and start with my STD at first because then I could get 8 weeks at home with the baby paid, but it doesn't work that way, so I'm going to try and make it work the best for me!

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