working poll?

kjs2012 · December 2011

what are you ladies planning?
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sunnyday016 · December 2011

Until labor starts.

Ya Never Know · December 2011

I'm planning on working to about the week before I'm due, unless something happens sooner than that of course, or the doctor has something to say about it.

EvenAngelsFall · December 2011

sunnyday016:
Until labor starts.

Ditto. Its worked out fine so far.

irwinkle · December 2011

I was planning on working up until labor, but decided to give myself a little time. Today is my first day off and Im 40 weeks.

KitKat83 · December 2011

Last day of work is today

I honestly don't think I could go any longer, this week I got terrible SPD and can't even walk without moaning in pain if I can walk at all.

michelle142 · December 2011

Until I go into labor.

I mentally checked out weeks ago though.

futuremrsbutterfly · December 2011

Waiting until I go into labor....just hoping that doesn't happen at work! Mentally though, I feel like I'm already partially checked out, but I blame it on all the leave preparation I am doing.

BostonGayGal · December 2011

I own my small law practice so I am wrapping things up based on priority but won't stop until all the work is done (I'm laughing as I type that) or until I am too uncomfortable to be effective. Last trial is Tuesday which will be 37 weeks, then lots of client meetings and administrative baloney. I will be 'ready enough' if I give birth in a week (37w5d), but I would really like more time in the office so that I can truly be 'off' for a longer period of time.

Sheazier · December 2011

BostonGayGal:
I own my small law practice so I am wrapping things up based on priority but won't stop until all the work is done (I'm laughing as I type that) or until I am too uncomfortable to be effective. Last trial is Tuesday which will be 37 weeks, then lots of client meetings and administrative baloney. I will be 'ready enough' if I give birth in a week (37w5d), but I would really like more time in the office so that I can truly be 'off' for a longer period of time.

I work at a large firm and, due to medical issues, have been off since mid-September and I'm due at the end of December! I'm afraid when I go back I won't remember anything!! Haha

mommadawn1012 · December 2011

michelle142:
Until I go into labor.
I mentally checked out weeks ago though.

Ditto. I think I mentally checked out the day after I started working lol!

njbride0603 · December 2011

I would be working until I went into labor but I have PTO I'm taking so I'll be finished working a week before my due date

balihaigirl · December 2011

will stop working 2 days before my due date or when i go into labor (if it happens earlier than that).

hillbillysunshine · December 2011

Until labor starts.

A lot of women won't have a spontaneous breaking of the waters before active labor begins, if at all. So waiting for your water to break before leaving work is not a reasonable option. I won't want to be at work long before my water breaks. With DD#1, I was having contractions for over 12 hours before my OB broke my water...contractions rough enough that I would NOT want to be at work during them. But she was late so I was at work on my EDD. I will do the same with this LO.

JKB1986 · December 2011

I'm taking off one week before my due date. The way my STD works I lose out if I don't take some time off before hand because I can get paid for up to two weeks before I deliver and then for 5 or 7 weeks after depending on delivery type. If I don't take any part of the two weeks before I just lose it.

pinksweetpea2 · December 2011

Other- I am stopping next week. I am going to be a SAHM again after the baby arrives, so I really didn't see the point in working up until the bitter end. Also, I have a horrible commute that will just get worse as we progress into winter.

ar52kortlang · December 2011

sunnyday016:
Until labor starts.

This Exactly... I couldn't vote on your poll, since going into labor doesn't mean you water will break. Most of the time the doc breaks it when your already at the hospital!

QCinOct · December 2011

SS: my last day of work will be Jan 7. I'm due Jan 11

Redsoxchick · December 2011

I'm starting my leave 4 days before my due date

metzy144 · December 2011

I am working until the day before my repeat c-section. Otherwise I would work until my due date and if LO was late, I would just spend the extra time one-on-one with DD.

ladykatie81 · December 2011

I voted other. Until my due date..which is tomorrow...which means this is my last day for 11 weeks!!!! I should be induced this weekend!

Ivana_Stolichnaya · December 2011

I would like to set a goal of 2 weeks before my EDD. Last time I went out 2 months early due to back pain and not being able to sit in front of my computer for more than a couple hours without crying in pain. So far with this pregnancy there has been little to no back pain so I'm just taking it day by day.

ENev · December 2011

Probably until about a week before my due date. I planned to work until I was in labor last time around but things were wrapped up with my accounts and I was just SO uncomfortable, so I took off about four days before my due date. He was four days late, so I had a full week off before he came. It was kind of nice!

sapphirebride06 · December 2011

I picked "until my water breaks" because with my DS it did break - as I was getting ready for work that day - I was 39 weeks and 6 days. This time same thing - I will work until my water breaks or active labor. I work from home 90% of the time so my situation is somewhat different, but I'm considered self-employed/contract work so if I don't work I don't get paid at all. We don't have FMLA or PTO or anything, so I want to get every check possible before baby comes. And because my son is in "school" I get up and take him and pick him up every morning so I'd still be up and about.

I will limit my travel though as time gets closer, especially traveling to the main office which is about 45 minutes to an hour from my house, and about 2 hours from the hospital.

soralette · December 2011

Other: I'm a SAHW, planning to be a SAHM.

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