How are you doing, working mamas?

rissa_n · June 2012

How's everyone feeling at the start of another week? My last day is Friday so I'm hoping to find some motivation to make it through, but if this little boy decided to arrive and cut my workweek short that would fantastic.

Hope you're all doing well!

snicksnack · June 2012

They keep giving me more work to do when really I should just be finishing up. They need to accept that I am gone in a week two weeks tops. I am going to have several 12 hour days this week ugh.

GeekFantasy · June 2012

Hanging in there. I'm not working past my due date, I decided. I was going to, but... I'm just too miserable to be working 12 hour shifts.

ncjulia12 · June 2012

Distracted- obviously, since I'm here bumping between working on things I should be working on.

I was planning on working right up until when he arrives, but I'm such a mess right now- barely fitting into anything, limping around because of sciatica pain, exhausted- that this week (and maybe next week...) is going to be kind of miserable. My plan is to show up each morning and then decide by 11:30 if I'm going home for a half-day or not.

sassafras007 · June 2012

I have until June 13 the last day of school.

I am sick today so I had to take the day and I am taking Thursday too, it was schedudled a while ago just becasue I needed the day.

Honestly, I am dreading it!

toniannV · June 2012

I officially decided this morning that this Friday is going to be my last day... my swelling is getting so painful and my production level has gone down dramatically and I feel like my work is suffering.

I always said that my water was going to have to break in my office--- but I didn't expect to be so uncomfortable!!! It would be FAB if this baby gets here before the end of the week so I don't feel so guilty about it lol.

laurendom · June 2012

hanging in there but mentally checking out more and more each day. I am not sure what to do about leaving. I'm a consultant and my last day happens to be 5 day after my DD. But I think I may make my last day 2 days before my DD. The driving is getting more tiring, since its an hour each way...

mylittlesunshine · June 2012

Doing good here. I work at a non-profit and we have a fundraiser today. Since it is outside and going to be warm they gave me a pass on going to help out. So now I get to sit in the nice air conditioning all day. It will be a nice break since all weekend we were running around (actually the last 2 weekends) trying to get our house ready to be put on the market. At this point I can say that I am still planning on working up until I go into labor.

Lulu0802 · June 2012

Friday is my last day and I am beyond excited. I just hope I can make it through this week. I feel like I have SO much to do to finish up and very little time to do it. Plus I'm exhausted, so that doesn't help.

monef · June 2012

I'm doing pretty well. I have the day off tomorrow and work from home on Wednesdays, so I'm only spending 3 days in the office this week which is great. Next week, I'm in the office Monday and Tuesday and then working from home until my June 14th DD. So far I'm holding up fine. The subway is tiresome because people never offer a seat but otehr than that it is all good.

cchill01 · June 2012

snicksnack:

They keep giving me more work to do when really I should just be finishing up. They need to accept that I am gone in a week two weeks tops. I am going to have several 12 hour days this week ugh.

Yep, me too - except my long days are going to be NEXT WEEK!! After my due date!!! Everyone is just assuming that since I was late with #1, I'll be late with #2.

I have a contractor and a new employee who I need to transition my work too, but they keep giving me more new stuff to do. It's going to be interesting when I just call out one of these days.

jewel05 · June 2012

Hanging in there - not due until 23 June and as of now am sticking with the plan to work until he comes. I find once I get up and to my office I'm busy enough to keep myself going through the day (except when I'm bumping...). I'm still better off here at work and distracted than sitting at home thinking every little thing might be the start of labor and driving myself crazy!

luvtodanz · June 2012

I'm hanging in there....hoping he comes sooner rather than later though. I have a physically demanding job, but for the last two months or so I have been training someone in to do my job while I'm gone, so she's been doing all my work for me. And, I have been just sitting at my desk most of the day, which is nice since my feet/legs are so swollen that they feel like the skin will rip apart. I am planning to work up until I go into labor.

ehighley · June 2012

Doing okay. I am due the 28th and planning to work up until whenever LO decides to arrive, so I likely have at least three more weeks of work to go, maybe more. I am tired of thinking about work. Tired of finding work appropriate clothes that still fit me to wear everyday. Tired of attempting to focus and be productive when I just want to be at home resting and preparing for LO's birth. And tired of sitting at my desk for nine hours a day with an achy back. But...it will all be over soon

MaggieF516 · June 2012

I don't physically feel that bad at work (i.e. no aches and pains and what not). I get crappy sleep about 50% of the time so I feel like I am tired everyday at work though. I also feel like I am amazingly unproductive and cannot concentrate. I have so much to do at work too during the next several weeks and I can't manage to concentrate enough to even put a dent in it! I feel pretty comfortable when I am sitting at work, but when I get up my stomach feels really tight with what my doctor says are Braxton Hicks.

rbarrett · June 2012

MaggieF516:
I don't physically feel that bad at work (i.e. no aches and pains and what not). I get crappy sleep about 50% of the time so I feel like I am tired everyday at work though. I also feel like I am amazingly unproductive and cannot concentrate. I have so much to do at work too during the next several weeks and I can't manage to concentrate enough to even put a dent in it! I feel pretty comfortable when I am sitting at work, but when I get up my stomach feels really tight with what my doctor says are Braxton Hicks.

This. We have a new girl starting Wed and I am training her, so I am trying to get all of my notes in order for that and keep on top of my regular stuff. I am 38 weeks today, so it could be anytime. I plan on working till the end, but we'll see.

notfrancie · June 2012

I worked up til my due date. Today is my first day off (2 days overdue) and I wish I was at work. I need something to curb my obsessive baby thoughts and sitting at home alone isn't cutting it!

tcu_2003 · June 2012

Still hanging in there - tomorrow is my due date, and I'm working through at least Friday, assuming baby doesn't come before then. I have a doctor's appointment on Friday, so we'll reassess then and see when he intends to induce (last week, it sounded like it'd be next Monday or Tuesday, and if that's the case, and I don't go into labor on my own before then, Friday will probably be my last day).

masonmom12 · June 2012

ehighley:

Doing okay. I am due the 28th and planning to work up until whenever LO decides to arrive, so I likely have at least three more weeks of work to go, maybe more. I am tired of thinking about work. Tired of finding work appropriate clothes that still fit me to wear everyday. Tired of attempting to focus and be productive when I just want to be at home resting and preparing for LO's birth. And tired of sitting at my desk for nine hours a day with an achy back. But...it will all be over soon

My thoughts exactly...due the 27th!

emberlee3 · June 2012

Last day of work is scheduled for Friday. I am scheduled for external version + induction vs c/s on June 12 (baby is in unstable lie). But I'm having lots of contractions, so we'll see if I make it until then.

LindzK · June 2012

I'm so jealous of all of you with Friday being your last day!!! My due date is Saturday, so you would think Friday would be my last day. But I am on the schedule until I go into labor. Which means, I am schduled Saturday (due date), Sunday, and Monday. Off Tuesday, and if baby still isn't here, supposed to work Wed, Thurs, and Fri!!! Ugh, I am a manager and STRESSED beyond belief. I need to STOP working, I still don't know why I do it? Oh yeah, bills to pay! Babies aren't cheap. I love my DH, but I make more than him, and his income doesn't cut it alone.

StephenW4 · June 2012

ncjulia12:

Distracted- obviously, since I'm here bumping between working on things I should be working on.

I was planning on working right up until when he arrives, but I'm such a mess right now- barely fitting into anything, limping around because of sciatica pain, exhausted- that this week (and maybe next week...) is going to be kind of miserable. My plan is to show up each morning and then decide by 11:30 if I'm going home for a half-day or not.

This. If I had to use one word to describe how I feel about work: "Done." I wish I could just call it quits, but I really don't want to use leave if I don't have to. :-

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