https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:34:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581785 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:02:25 +0000 purrpletulips 581785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>was induced but worked up until the day I was induced both times </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581777 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:57:16 +0000 Adira 581777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Awww, that's sweet your husband is worried! Mine didn't even really think about it! I'm just hoping that if things do start at work, it's subtle/minimal enough that I'm able to drive myself home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581737 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:40:50 +0000 JoJoGirl 581737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is super worried about this too because I will have to drive myself to the hospital or home if I go into labor at work. I keep telling him it doesn't start out that dramatic usually so happy to hear so many stories of water not breaking at work - that would be embarassing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581487 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:15:15 +0000 MaisyMay 581487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked through the Monday before my induction date. I wanted to work more, but every day I went in my boss would ask why I was there. Plus, I was getting pretty uncomfortable being on my feet as our computers are all at standing height and I didn't want to be the only one using the stool. And none of my uniforms fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581462 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:55:25 +0000 humblywritten 581462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until just under a month before my due date and was thankful because my son came 3 weeks early! So technically I had 3 days "off" before my son arrived. </p> <p>Luckily for me my water broke at 2am so I wouldn't have been at work either way :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581447 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:47:46 +0000 red_seattle 581447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. My due date was a Monday. I worked until the Friday before in the office, with a plan to keep working, but from home until I went into labor. I ended up going into labor on my due date, so it all worked out really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581435 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:37:42 +0000 lolabee 581435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! I was working the day I went into labour. No fun stories though, it started with period like cramps through out the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581373 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:49:06 +0000 regberadaisy 581373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorta, kinda up until early labor. When we thought chances were good I could in the next 24hrs I started my leave.<br /> My co worker and I totally had a emergency plan in place with back up drivers and alternate routes if I went into labor at work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581367 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:46:58 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 581367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until 4 days past my due date which was a Friday. my water broke the next night in the middle if the night. I had cleaned out my office 2 weeks earlier though in case things happened early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581353 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:37:46 +0000 matador84 581353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Up until the day before I had the baby! And I wasn't even inducEd...I literally couldn't take one more day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-581318 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:17:22 +0000 Adira 581318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: Thanks so much for the advice!! Hopefully I'll have a similar experience to you (or go into labor at night/on the weekend)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580708 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:59:40 +0000 Dandelion 580708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked up until the week before I had ds, cause my dr told me to stop (I was waiting tables). I was having the complications of gd, so I was told to stay resting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580699 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:55:35 +0000 cascademom 580699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked a full day at work until 5pm. I got a late afternoon snack of McD's before going home. About an hour and half after getting home, contractions started. We went to the hospital around 10:30-11pm with no traffic on a Monday night downtown. We had one traffic light stop at Michigan Avenue. That stop was my second worst contraction during my labor. </p> <p>My best advice about working and going into labor is to completely ignore pains, etc. I felt crampy during the day, but didn't think anything of it. I figured that I would dilated a bit before my appointment on my due date on Thursday. Turns out, it was the beginning of labor. I didn't have any of those worries about early labor. I just worked the day away, went home, and then went into active labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580648 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:38:42 +0000 Adira 580648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: haha, I love it! I want to be all nonchalant like that and be all "I'll be back in May, laters!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580625 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:32:01 +0000 LemonLong 580625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of, I was 38 weeks and my doctor called me at about 4:30 pm asking me to come to the hospital to get induced right away because of some issues she was seeing on the ultrasound I had gotten that morning. It really took me by surprise since I wasn't expecting it. I emailed my boss and coworkers to let them know I was leaving to have a baby and I'd be back in 3 months : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580617 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:30:14 +0000 Bookish 580617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Don't blame you! I work in a primarily female office, but everybody is in everybody else's business, so word would spread like wildfire that I was leaking all over the place... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580613 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:28:48 +0000 Adira 580613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I'm really scared about my water breaking at work! I work with all men so I think they would be totally horrified if that happens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580606 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:26:39 +0000 Bookish 580606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I'm also hoping that if it's at work, I can drive myself! I'm only 10 mins from the hospital from work, but about 30 from home. I'd rather be at work...but don't want my water to break there lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580604 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:26:28 +0000 2PeasinaPod 580604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! But (big but), I was able to work from home for the last 2 weeks prior to my due date. I have anywhere from an hour and 15 minute to an hour and 45 minute commute depending on traffic and train schedules. The last thing I wanted was to be going into labor on my way INTO work on a train and have to ride the train home in labor. </p> <p>I ended up going into labor at 10:30pm anyway :o) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580595 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:23:15 +0000 Adira 580595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Same here! I work 30 minutes (with no traffic) from our house and hospital. I'm just hoping that whatever happens, I am either already at home or will be able to drive myself home.</p> <p>I have a couple good work friends though, so I think if for some reason, I really can't drive myself, they will drive me... BUT I would need someone to get my car later - it has the car seat installed in it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580576 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:17:55 +0000 Smurfette 580576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: This is what I am hoping and banking on. I work 30 mins (with no traffic) north of the house and the hospital. I will have to drive myself home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580550 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:10:26 +0000 Adira 580550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: Thanks for that! I'm really hoping that if labor DOES start at work, it will be mild enough that I can just drive home and then labor at home for a while before going to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580526 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:38 +0000 dagret 580526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but I went into labor on a Sunday, and delivered LO on a Monday, 5 days early.</p> <p>ETA: I was closer to the hospital at work than at home anyway, but my early labor was sooooo long and easy to deal with (i went to church and ran errands that Sunday) that I would have probably just driven myself home from work and tried to rest if it was a work day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580426 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:37:34 +0000 Adira 580426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love hearing all these stories!! Sounds like labor didn't actually happen AT work for most people! I'm hoping that's the case for me as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580408 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:34:47 +0000 pelikila 580408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked on the day I went into labor. DS came about 2 weeks early but I had planned on working until I had him anyway. I needed as much time off to be with him afterward that I didn't/couldn't use it before he arrived. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580394 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:32:10 +0000 plaidpants 580394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to work right up until my due date, but then I was put on bed rest a few days before. I ended up going in to labor the day after they put me on bed rest! I was glad I wasn't at work because my water broke and it was messy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580380 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:28:41 +0000 mrsmenow 580380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did 12 hour night shifts until 3 days before I delivered.</p> <p>ETA:I had been having contractions for days and thought being on my feet would help moves things along. It didn't, but my coworkers were hoping one of them would get to take my L&amp;D that night (I delivered at the same hospital I work at). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580378 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:28:22 +0000 jennylynn 580378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke as I was getting up to get ready for work at 38 weeks. I planned on working up until the last minute anyways. I'm really glad it didn't happen at work though, because I had *a lot* of fluid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580377 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:27:45 +0000 littlebittyhouse 580377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Worked up until 38wks and then was induced for hight BP and low fluid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-labor#post-580368 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:26:25 +0000 Honeybee 580368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor with both of my kids at work; it wasn't a big deal either time. With DD, I was driving back to the office after picking up lunch for a meeting when my water broke. I asked my temp to set up lunch while I cleaned myself up (it was just a little trickle, so not much of a mess). Then I called my husband to come take me to the hospital. Getting ahold of DH was probably the most exciting part since neither he nor his boss had cell service at their lunch meeting and I ended up calling a couple restaurants around town in order to track him down. </p> <p>With DS, I started having timable contractions and after a few hours I let DH know that if they were still going by 2 pm I'd go get checked out. We ate lunch together and at about 2, we jumped in the car for the hospital. </p>