I am a professor in a Department that has never had a maternity leave. Ever. (Yes it is 2014).
I work with mostly men and am facing a lot of hostility.
I just came in to work to finish my syllabus and try to work with others about transitioning my courses in November and I am already in my office with the door shut in tears.
Anyone else experiencing this?
How are you handling it?
TTC #1 since 12/2010 DH: MFI, cancer survivor Me: Resected septate uterus, lap treated mild endo, tubes open, ovulate on own, autoimmune disease 3 Failed IUI's (2/2012, 4/2012, 6/2012)
IVF #1 August 2012. BFP! Beta #1 56.7 Beta #2 150 One baby, one heartbeat on 9/20/12! no h/b
@7w6d. dandc
@8w0d,
FET #1 December 2012, BFN
FET #2 February 2013, no embies survived thaw
IVF #2, BFP #2, Loss #2 March 2013, Scar tissue discovered, RPL testing,
IVF #3, BFP #3, Loss #3 (twins) September 2013
Hostile ute, moving onto Gestational Carrier!
GC/FET #1 of 1 5AA blast and 1 compacted blast, February 2014, BFP #4 on 3/1/2014!
6w u/s 1 bean with h/b of 145 bpm, 8w u/s 187 bpm
EDD 11/7/14. Please, please, please stick little one!
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!
Re: Vent: Work Hostilities
**Follow your heart, but take your brain with you**
I haven't had anything like that but I am very nervous about asking them to figure out a room for me to pump in.
BFP#4 3/17/14 - rainbow Baby BOY arrived 11/10/14 !!
DX: Uterine Septum - Resection 9/5/13 || MTHFR Hetero A1298C || My Chart
My transitioning is going to be weird. They have already started slowly re-assigning responsibilities to the point where I'm just a little bored. First week of Sept my "temp" replacement comes in so I can train her ... their goal is to slowly transition me out of my role at service coordinator so towards the end I'm really only doing data entry, they think this will be easier and less stressful for me in the final weeks. I'm thankful for it but it's also a really weird feeling. Like being replaced. My boss has sworn up and down that it is NOT the case and there are no alternative motives, but I am just really surprised that I'm having to train someone on a job that usually takes a YEAR to fully learn, for the 3 months I'll be gone. Oh well. I keep reminding myself this is for mine AND my babies benefit and the thing I need to be focused on right now is birthing a healthy baby girl come November.
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!