scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Oct 12, 2020 17:29:07 GMT
Ha. I worked until I went into labor. I was at work on a Monday and as I was leaving, I told them if I didn't go into labor I wasn't coming in the next day. LOL
I went into labor that night. Had him on a Tuesday.
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iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Oct 12, 2020 17:37:28 GMT
I checked that I worked up until my due date. But I should have checked none of the above.
I went a week overdue and worked up until my due date or a few days before I believe (it's been over twenty years now, I can remember exactly). I ended up having an unscheduled c-section.
I just couldn't function enough at work. I had severe pregnancy induced rhinitis and thus a sinus type headache and hadn't slept more than 2-3 hours a night for the last three months. My eyes looked like the walking dead. I could barely concentrate to drive to work, let alone actually function once I arrived. It reached a point where I just said screw it and used vacation time.
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Post by padresfan619 on Oct 12, 2020 17:41:27 GMT
19 weeks pregnant now and I have been furloughed my entire pregnancy, but I told my boss I am ready and willing to go back anytime and I’ll work until my due date unless something with my health changes. Other than a small scare in the beginning I’ve had a relatively normal pregnancy.
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dantemia
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Post by dantemia on Oct 12, 2020 19:52:28 GMT
Took 4 weeks off prior but was 10 days late so almost a full 6 weeks off before my first was born. With my 2nd I took the full 4 weeks. It helped that I also had private disability insurance
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Post by greendragonlady on Oct 12, 2020 20:00:29 GMT
I was home for about a month before my first (health issues). My water broke at work on my due date with my second but didn't go into labor. Had to be induced the next day.
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holleypie
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Post by holleypie on Oct 12, 2020 20:53:43 GMT
With my first, I worked from home. My water broke very early in the morning, and then I worked a few hours until I couldn't tolerate it anymore. In retrospect, I probably should have just taken the day off, haha.
With my second pregnancy (twins), I worked in a public place and I stopped one week before my scheduled induction. I was still feeling fine, but I was SO SURE that I would go into labor early and I didn't want my water to break at work. I didn't go into labor early, and I didn't get any paid maternity leave, so I felt like I wasted that whole week.
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 12, 2020 20:56:14 GMT
I've never had a job where Maternity leave was paid for. I worked up until the last minute and went to work as soon as possible with my first two children.
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Oct 12, 2020 21:01:03 GMT
I wanted to work until my due date with my one and only, but he decided to come 5 weeks early. All was well, but I was on bed rest for a week prior to his arrival b/c my water was leaking. He was 4 1/2 lbs. and started growing the minute he entered the world and is now a 6’ hulking 25 yo. I was 43 when he was born.
I was fortunate to be able to stay home with him until he started Kindergarten, then went to work at his elementary school.
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Post by hop2 on Oct 12, 2020 21:02:54 GMT
I worked until 8 days after my due date then was induced 5 days later.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Oct 12, 2020 21:04:55 GMT
I worked the day that I went into to labor with my 1st child. My water broke after work. DS was born the next day at 12:31 pm.
I went to work having contractions with my 2nd child. Stayed at work until lunch when my contractions were 5 mins apart and then went to the hospital and had dd at 5:15 pm.
I had 6 weeks paid maternity leave for each child (California).
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Oct 12, 2020 21:27:49 GMT
With my first baby I planned to work right up to Christmas break. His due date was December 26th. We got out for break on the 22nd that year. On the 20th, I had a doctor’s appointment and I was measuring big and the doctor decided she wanted me to stop working and come in and be induced. I ended up with a C-section on the 21st.
With my 2nd, he was to be a planned c-section on the 2nd day of school. I did 2 weeks of inservice. The week before my planned c-section I was telling my doctor that I was planning to be there for the first day to help out my long term sub and she laughed and said no you will be at the hospital doing pre-op stuff. I had no clue! I truly thought I would be at school the day before giving birth, but I guess not.
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Oct 12, 2020 21:31:45 GMT
my doctor took me out of work about 2 weeks before I gave birth. Not sure why, I worked a desk job. I went in for an exam right now and I said something about getting back to work and he said, why are you still working? I said because you didn't tell me I couldn't. He said I'm tell you now, you're out. Oh, okay.
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Post by busy on Oct 12, 2020 22:14:34 GMT
None of the above. Our maternity leave policy gave us two weeks off before our due date and I intended to take that. However, about a month before my due date, I was put on modified bed rest and was done with work with no notice. About a week later, I was induced (not scheduled). I expect that most people who have been on bed rest would agree that it's not relaxing or restful lol It's extra fun with an 18 month old. I cannot even imagine. |
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msupea
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Post by msupea on Oct 12, 2020 22:51:35 GMT
Worked until the day I gave birth with both girls.
39 weeks each time.
With my first had a planned appt. Doc told me I was dilating and could go to the hospital that night and I’d have e a baby in a day or two. She was born less than seven hours later.
With my second I had bleeding off and on. 39 weeks I had bleeding and they sent me in. Got induced since I was leaking fluid and had my second daughter a couple hours later.
They told me if I had one more I would have to go in at the first twinge of a contraction unless I wanted to have a baby on my own! We stopped at 2 girls. 😉
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Oct 12, 2020 23:49:34 GMT
With my 1st, I was due August 8, had her August 11 (water broke August 9, hung out at the hospital waiting for her to appear and ended up with a c-section August 11). School started August 13. LOL. I didn't plan to start the year and was able to take 10 weeks (48 days) off paid by using my sick leave. I stopped by school and showed her off on the way home from the hospital.  I was due March 8 with my little one and worked on March 4 (it was a friday) and finished up the school trimester. I was scheduled for a c-section on 3/8 at noon. My water broke 3/8 at 1 am. Had him by c-section at 5:29 that morning. I worked as long as I could and it only made sense to hand over the kids at a natural grading break. I would have continued working until my water broke had we not ended the school trimester on the 4th. I was home with him for the entire last trimester of school (12 weeks- 59 days to be exact) and then the whole summer. I went back on his 5 month birthday which was the start of the next school year! |
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Post by beaglemom on Oct 12, 2020 23:52:07 GMT
My job would only let me work till my due date 3/18 she was born 3/23.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 13, 2020 0:06:59 GMT
With both of my kids I worked up until 2 weeks before my due date. Both of them were born one week early, so I only had one week off before the births. I was happy with that though, because I wanted more time at home after they were born. Here, we have to get a doctor's certificate to work past a certain point (maybe a month prior to the due date?).
With my first child I had three months paid maternity leave, three months long service leave, 2 months annual leave (one month carried over from the previous year) so I had a total of 8 months paid leave. It was awesome!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Oct 13, 2020 0:10:53 GMT
I only have one child and I left my job when I was 6 months pregnant to relocate near my not yet DH. I didn't work full time until he was 3 years old and I have worked full time ever since then other that being unemployed due to relocations. Other than my brief, miserable stint as a SAHM, I have never been out of work more than 6 months.
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psiluvu
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Post by psiluvu on Oct 13, 2020 0:19:19 GMT
With dd I started my mat leave as of a Friday, she was born on the Monday after. I had 6 months mat leave with her.
With ds I was working on a contract and it ended March 31. He was born April 19. By the time he was born mat leave had increased to a year. I was offered a job starting when he was 9.5 months so I took it.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Oct 13, 2020 0:40:18 GMT
I didn't have maternity leave, because I didn't return to working outside of my home after DS was born. DS was induced 8 days after my last day of work. I planned on working until I delivered, but my PIH was not playing nice and I was spending half the day laying in the onsite wellness clinic, trying get get my BP down. My Dr. decided it was better for my health to leave early. I was paid 1 weeks salary for 3 months, to be available to my replacement to answer questions, so I guess I had a lightly paid 3 month maternity exit.
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Post by epeanymous on Oct 13, 2020 0:47:23 GMT
My situation is weird. I had the first baby the week after taking the bar, so I wasn't working. With the second, I was a visiting professor and entitled to no maternity leave, so I worked until I had the baby and went back to work and finished the semester (I took one day off). With the twins, I finished the winter semester and our parental leave is by semester, so I was off for January before having the babies in early February. With the fifth, I felt pressured by my employer not to take a maternity leave because it was kid #5 and I was untenured, so I worked until the end of the semester and had the baby a few days after the semester ended. With the sixth, I was tenured, and took the summer off before she was born in August and the fall off as well.
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Post by artgirl1 on Oct 13, 2020 1:53:40 GMT
I was placed on medical leave (paid) at 3 months ( I had a lot of complications, and history of mid term miscarriages). I took 6 months Leave of Absence (unpaid) off following birth.
My DD on the other hand worked up to delivery. She actually held a staff meeting at 9 am while in labor, then delivered shortly after noon.
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Post by mom2rjcr on Oct 13, 2020 2:16:24 GMT
For all of my pregnancies I ended up going out at least 2 weeks before I gave birth. The first two because of my blood pressure, the third because I was exhausted and needed to be at home, and the fourth because I had bell's palsy and couldn't speak, so couldn't teach.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 13, 2020 2:20:53 GMT
My boss begged me to leave the week I was due. He was pretty sure I was going to go into labor in my classroom. Ha. My water did break a few days later while I was sleeping. The dog had his head on my leg and got quite the surprise. When the baby's head isn't blocking exit, there is a small tsunami.
I did the same thing for the second baby and had to be induced.
Since I was teaching, I had to leave several weeks of lesson plans and things really had to all be in order. I had both kids at the end of the school year.
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Oct 13, 2020 3:19:54 GMT
I worked until 35 weeks. I had always planned to work until around then and I’m glad I didn’t go further as I was struggling a bit and we were moving house.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Oct 13, 2020 4:27:19 GMT
I chose other. I was off for the month of May (year round teacher at the time), and DS was born June 1.
That being said, I did substitute most of May, and only stopped (May 22) because my principal said she didn't want me delivering DS on a classroom floor.
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Post by MZF on Oct 13, 2020 11:07:48 GMT
#1--was 7 weeks early, so worked the day before, was planning on taking the allowed month prior off
#2--was a bit over 2 weeks early, was off a week before, was planning on the month off prior
#3--was 9 days early, did take off the month prior
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sweetpeasmom
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Oct 13, 2020 11:25:49 GMT
DS - was at work when I went into labor. It was 1 week before my due date. I had not intended to take any time early. I was just going to work until I had him.
DD - I knew I wasn’t going back after I had her. I was ready to be done. Since DS came early, I thought she would too. So I had my midwife excuse me from work. Joke was on me. She didn’t come as early, she was 3 days early.
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Post by tyra on Oct 13, 2020 12:56:21 GMT
I took 2 weeks off before my due date. Good thing, last day was Friday. Monday I went into my OB for an NST and a check up, she sent me to be induced. Had my son on Tuesday.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 13, 2020 14:27:12 GMT
I worked close to the due date(s). I think a week was probably the longest. I wanted as much time off after the baby. But that last week is horrible so I gave in....
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