October 2018 Moms
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The Work Thread
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Interested in how you ladies are doing at work as we approach our due dates! I have absolutely NO inspiration or motivation to do anything work related & DH doesn't seem to understand my constant sulking at the thought of work. Baby has completely taken over. Am I the only one completely over work at this point? I feel like it's too early to feel like this lol.
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Also, I think having a work thread is cool. We’ve been venting about it all of over the place, why not keep it in one place.
Hoping to switch to working remote once October hits, which would mean only like 8 more weeks of actually coming into the office. The countdown is on!
I’m hoping that I can work until it’s time to be induced. I've made it to 36 weeks at work with A and 34 weeks with E. So I’m hoping to go to at least 36. We’ll see!
My boss keeps adding shit to my plate no matter how much I try to be forthcoming about what my capacity is. This is my second leave and I feel like the first time he was much more reasonable. Half the time I dont respond to his nonsense and just hope he forgets because wtf man.
I plan on working until the end since my next “break” actually starts the day I go for my c section.
The heat hovering right below 100 and the smoke from the Cali fires is killing me. Taught my students how to check the AQI on the computer so we know what days we can go out to recess, and the days we do it’s absolutely terrible since I’m out there with them for my duty.
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
This is me... all day every day. Sigh
My team is only 6 women (5 who do my job and one office manager) and all the other ladies I work with are nearing retirement and having lots of health issues lately so I’m really worried how they’ll manage without me for a year while a newbie tries to fill my shoes (it’s a very niche role with lots of moving parts so it takes quite a while to really get up to speed on everything). I have visions of working with baby strapped to me!
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
They keep trying to convince me to stay an extra week, but I really don't want to. Sticking to my guns.
Also I made a ton of progress on my leave plan document for my team today so it felt like a win.
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
I have my biggest work event of the year this Wednesday and am trying to stay calm since I’m usually stressed and preoccupied the days leading up to it. I am an employee engagement rep and I host engagement and morale events for my organization’s 6000 employees across 27+ states. We have 2400 of those employees in our CO location so I am executing a summer appreciation BBQ on Wed and expect a turnout of about 1850 people. I adore my job but it’s also a lot of detail, high visibility (aka everyone knows if you screw up), and I don’t have a staff - it’s just me so it’s a lot of work.
I have my mid-year performance review with the VP the next day so this event quite literally will set the tone for that review. And I want to talk to him about potentially going part time after maternity leave so I want this event to go perfectly to start the convo off on a positive note. I’m looking forward to things slowing down after the beginning of September but the next 3-4 weeks are going to be crazyyy.
Me: 33 DH: 31
Location: Castle Rock, CO
DD: 10.13.18
baby #2 due: 7.14.20
My current plan is to work until he comes, although I'm going to talk to my dr about seeing if I can be written to work from home 2-3 days a week. I'm having really rough days in the office lately. I need to make it through Sept 15 as that's the kick off for Open Enrollment and I'll feel much better if I can get that far.
Me 32 and DH 40
Fur-baby named Bella
1 MC Nov. 2013
DD born Nov. 2, 2014
Little 2 EDD Oct. 1
Me: 33 DH: 31
Location: Castle Rock, CO
DD: 10.13.18
baby #2 due: 7.14.20
I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and there's still no real plan in place on how to support my team while I'm gone. I'm a top performer in my team of 4, and when my manager was on maternity leave I stepped in to fill that role to keep everyone on track while she was gone. She's been back for 6 months but is still not focused or engaged with us again and now my closest coworker (the next most experienced) is starting to worry about having to shoulder everything once I'm gone since my manager is pretty much checked out mentally.
Top it off with the fact that at the beginning of the summer my manager mentioned to me that our intern may stay on through the fall (which would be great because she could help with tasks for the whole team), but never followed through to put in the extension so the intern is now 2 weeks away from leaving and has not yet received any word or paperwork about staying on as a consultant.
Finally, even though the intern at this point is preparing to not be here in the fall, my manager approached me yesterday to say that the intern can just sit at my desk while I'm gone and I can just clear it off before I leave. It's not that big of a deal, but as someone who is already feeling kind of vulnerable professionally about being gone for 3 months, the idea of having to "clear my desk" and have someone else take over my area is causing me a bit of anxiety. Like, I think I'll have an emotional reaction to removing my name tag off my cube. I've politely suggested the intern (if she'll even be here) sit at an empty desk that is only 2 spots away from mine, so she's still close to the other teammates if she needs support/has questions, in the offshoot chance she actually stays and is here while I'm still here. That way it's not awkward and I don't have to feel like I'm being pushed out.
Whew. Anyway, trivial stuff for sure compared to what some of you are going through but I just needed a place to rant a bit. I guess it's inevitable stuff like this rises to the surface once you get to the final weeks!