https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 09:04:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date/page/2#post-436937 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:32:27 +0000 Periwinkle 436937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was due on a Monday and had planned to work until the Friday before. We wound up being affected by the hurricane, though, and my office was closed for a week prior to that too, so I was home for a bit longer too.. Also, I was 2 days late and wound up working from home until the day before my son was actually born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date/page/2#post-436908 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:02:38 +0000 Pink Champagne 436908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor took me completely by surprise- when I went back to work last week, I found the "to do" list that I had made for myself for the day I had my LO! It made me laugh :).</p> <p>I was planning to work until I went into labor or my dr told me to stop.... My job only paid short term disability for 6 weeks so I wanted to work as long as possible. I sit for my job though and it's very low-stress, so I didn't have any problem doing that. Better than sitting at home waiting for a baby to arrive!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-436902 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:49:15 +0000 GrapeCrush 436902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was due april 26th and had a doctors appointment after work that day and the doctor took me out(i may have asked to be pulled haha). i had my son 6 days later </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434583 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:35:15 +0000 petuniasandpearls 434583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went part time at 37 weeks. It was great and I'm so glad I did that. I was done working on the Wednesday before thanksgiving since my due date was Sunday and we had a 4 day weekend anyway. I had LO on her due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434517 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:53:31 +0000 KT326 434517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to take off two weeks before my due date but my dr ended up pulling me out of work a week earlier because of my blood pressure. Its a good thing he did, I ended up having LO two weeks early! It was really nice to have time before he got here to finish the nursery up and just get some me time. But I think if I had more than a week or two off I would have gone crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434466 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:28:22 +0000 mlm2934 434466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: I don't think I would ever start to miss work! Sleep maybe and breaks from baby, but not work :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434438 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:13:16 +0000 dookie32 434438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until 40 weeks 5 days. I would have preferred not to but I would have had to take unpaid leave for any days before the baby came and I didn't want to do that if I didn't have to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434425 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:10:10 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 434425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked passed my due date because Li'l Miss decided to come 5 days late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434377 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:55:30 +0000 birdofafeather 434377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm starting my maternity leave 3 weeks before my due date because its right before christmas and my office slows down a lot during January so it makes more sense for me to be out and enjoying my last couple weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434292 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:32:20 +0000 Beebug 434292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to....</p> <p>I last worked July 20th......had LO October 20th.</p> <p>Insane how that happened.....and not back until next October....I miss work....a little already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434272 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:27:16 +0000 yellowbird 434272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried! I went to my OB appointment on a Tuesday morning before work an my BP skyrocketed so I had to go to the hospital. I never made it back to work and was induced the next day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434224 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:09:51 +0000 yoursilverlining 434224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to work until I went into labor; but my OB said I had to stop working full time at 38 weeks because of swelling and my blood pressure. A few days I think is perfect; 2+ weeks was way too much time to not be doing something all day long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434184 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:50:51 +0000 ValentineMommy 434184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on it! I'm going to work from home the week before and I'm only taking off 2 days prior (I'm having a scheduled c-section though) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434175 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:48:04 +0000 mediagirl 434175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I planned to work until I went into labor. My due date was on a Saturday, I worked that Friday and I went into labor the day after so I didn't have to work past my due date! Woohoo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434157 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:39:15 +0000 Alivoo01 434157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on it to save all my PTO days for post-baby. I'll request to work from home the last month or at least couple of weeks prior to birth should I get uncomfortable walking/riding public transportation and sitting at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434053 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:31:20 +0000 winniebee 434053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. I had pregnancy complications and was put on bedrest at 30 weeks....so I worked from home until I was 37 weeks and then went back to work for a week before giving birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434033 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:19:41 +0000 oliviaoblivia 434033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My office is closed for the week of Christmas and New Years and opens on January 2nd, I'm due the 5th there's no way I'm going in for three days. If I were due at another time I'd probably work until I'm due. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-434030 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:17:01 +0000 pelikila 434030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to work until I went into labor, even if I went overdue. My son arrived almost 2 weeks earlier than planned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433989 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:56:13 +0000 BananaPancakes 433989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a scheduled c section at 39 weeks, and worked until the day before. People kept asking why I was at work and that I should just take the day off, but I just could not sit at home and be nervous all day about the surgery alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433958 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:23:07 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 433958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped at the beginning of my third trimester. I was a lifeguard and physically could not do my job. Also I knew I was taking my maternity (Canada, so a year at 55%) and not going back, so it wasn't a big deal to start early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433949 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:36:47 +0000 Honeybee 433949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor with both of my kids at work a week before my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433928 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:06:43 +0000 lemondrop 433928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Fix: ha, ha, I remember that feeling, I was extremely grumpy too! </p> <p>My boss was fine having me work from home the whole time, but her boss wanted me to come in every other day. Driving was what made me decide to stop working, it got too uncomfortable. </p> <p>So much for taking time off before hand, but the waiting for him to arrive drove me insane. I would have paced the house miserable just waiting and waiting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433920 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:33:38 +0000 MaisyMay 433920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at 36 1/2 weeks and have had my work duties adjusted some. I am not working any counter shifts, just working on special projects and running errands for the other managers, things like trying to get a timeclock fixed, running to the bank, etc. I'll work at least a few days next week, and may put in a few more in the week after that if I feel like it. Otherwise, I'll finish up by next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433915 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:15:04 +0000 Mrs. Fix 433915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until my due date and told my boss that morning if she didn't have a project for me I was leaving! I was so crabby and all caught up since I was just counting down! I was due on a Thursday, took vacation that Friday and ended up having my LO on Saturday! I think they were ready for me to be gone too! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433894 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:17:06 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 433894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until I was 38 weeks, because we were moving and I wanted me time before the baby. Little did I know I'd be nearly 2 weeks late, and all that me time drove me crazy, hanging out feeling every single BH contraction and waiting anxiously for the baby - I think work would have been a nice distraction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433892 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:15:01 +0000 littlek 433892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but my water broke 6 weeks early. My water broke as I was getting ready for work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433811 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:05:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 433811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how long I'll go but my company policy is for you to stop 2 weeks before your due date, so that would be my plan. Everyone complains about it eating into their leave at first, then as they get close to leaving, they are really happy to be going early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433801 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:49:23 +0000 chopsuey 433801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped working 3 weeks before my due date </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433771 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:31:05 +0000 mamabolt 433771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked all day before I went into labor at 10 pm. I wanted to save all my PTO to use during my leave since we don't have STD at my job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-until-your-due-date#post-433763 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:16:56 +0000 Minnie_Girl 433763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My technical due date was on Monday and I just got home from work. :) I'll work until I can't handle the contractions. Sitting around waiting for labor to start would drive me NUTS! </p>