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3rd Trimester
So who's STILL WORKING??
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Re: So who's STILL WORKING??
BFP#2 5/28/2011, EDD 2/1/2012, chemical pg
BFP#3 10/22/2011, EDD 6/30/2012, natural m/c 11/3/2011 @ 6 weeks
BFP#4 4/16/2012, EDD 12/24/2012, Beta #1 23 @ 10dpo, Beta #2 68 @ 12dpo, Beta #3 370 @ 16dpo, Saw baby and heartbeat on 5/11/2012.
It's a boy!
With THIS one, my doctor took me out of work at 30 weeks. He is concerned about preterm labor and baby's growth and felt I needed to be resting and on a modified bed rest plan. I am lucky that work is covering it through disability leave and that it is seperate from my FMLA leave if I want to take 12 weeks after birth. I only get 6 weeks paid or 8 with csection after the birth, so I couldn't take the 12 even if I wanted to. I was in denial at first, and convinced I would return to work at least parttime before my due date. But the fact that I have been off for over a week and am still having episodes of regular contractions makes me think I may be out until after my maternity leave. : blah! Being off work but restricted in your activity isn't nearly as relaxing as one would thinkI just see all of the stuf that needs to be done at home but can only do a fraction of it...and I sit and think about all of the things that need to be done at work and I can't go and do it. Oh, and this time around I have a toddler to wrangle despite more limitations.
If thisbia what it takes to keep baby safe and growing, I guess I will continue to spend my days making crafts to decorate DD's room and the nursery and watching bad daytime TV.
This. Pregnancy is not a disability and I don't see why people stop working weeks before. Stay active, work, and try to rest. It's not like you can call into work bc your tired after the baby comes. You'll lose enough days due to dr appts and illnesses.
ETA: of course things are different if your dr orders bed rest or is worried about you or your baby. If it is a normal healthy pregnancy I think you should work until labor starts.
#1 BFP 1/10/11; missed m/c discovered 7w5d
IF Dx: Endo, hetero MTHFR mutation, poor morphology
#1 IUI: 1/18/12 = BFN
#1 IVF/ICSI 4/2/12 = 2 x 7-cell and 1 x 5-cell transferred (3dt) = BFP!!
H was born at 41w2d on 12/29/12 - be still my heart!
#2 IVF/ICSI 1/19/14 = 2 x 8 cells transferred (3dt) = BFP!! EDD 10/09/14
M&W born at 37 weeks on 9/18/14 - I am the momma of 3 boys!!!
I guess if I had all the money in the world and wasn't restricted in my activity, being out of work could be fun. If we could afford to take a relaxing beach vacation, hire a decorator to create a gorgeous nursery, and get massages, manicures and pedicures all day, then being out of work for the 3rd trimester would be pretty awesome. BUT as a regular working mama....working until the end helps pass the time and I can say that NOT working isn't that much less stressful unless your job was overwelmingly stressful to begin with.