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June 2011 Moms
I'm a little anxious about my mat leave
This coming Sunday is my last day of work. I'll be 38 weeks, so I'll have up to 2 weeks before LO comes (we're inducing no later than due date due for medical reasons)
It occurred to me this morning that I have NO clue what to do with myself. I don't really know HOW to relax. When I was 10, I started spending my summers working in stables in exchange for riding lessons. At 14 I got a job working hotel housekeeping, which I kept until I was 18, where I went straight to the job I'm working now.
I had a week off in May that I spent doing cleanup and minor repairs on the house. The vacation before that was the week I spent setting up the IL's farm, having my wedding, and going on my honeymoon. I didn't take a vacation the year prior to that, and the "vacation" I had in 2008 I spent closing on, and moving into my house.
Even once LO is here, I'm worried that I'm going to settle into my routine, and start going stir crazy if I don't have enough to do. As excited as I am to be off work because I'm so sore and uncomfortable, I'm worried the time between finishing work, and having the baby is going to drive me completely insane!
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Re: I'm a little anxious about my mat leave
Ditto this!! While my days are crazy at work and I come home exhausted it at least keeps me from sitting around. But there are for sure days that I wish I was going on leave earlier, don't get me wrong.
Maybe plan a certain thing to do or get done each day. That way you have a plan and aren't just sitting around doing nothing?
Do you have things around you need to do around the house? I would make plans for lunch with friends, get a pedicure, catch up on laundry, make freezer meals, work on a baby book, put together baby things, get the car cleaned, etc....
HTH!
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I'm going to TRY and get things done, but my hip keeps slipping on me, and I'm worried I'm going to fall when I'm home alone.
That's part of the reason I'm going as early as I am - the office chairs have me in tears within an hour of being at work, and I'm supposed to be completely off the percocet by Monday, so LO has time to detox before birth.
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Married: 08/14/10
Baby #1 Born: 06/18/11
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I was home "relaxing" for all of an hour Sunday afternoon before I got bored out of mind and started looking for something to keep me busy. lol. Aside from the fact that we are too busy at work for me to even consider taking off unnecessarily, I would get so bored at the house by myself all day. No thanks. So long as I'm able, I'll work until she gets here.
GL! Try to enjoy it. Maybe it won't be as bad as you are thinking.
And Then There Were Three...
Married: 08/14/10
Baby #1 Born: 06/18/11
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