https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 11:16:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor/page/2#post-1416019 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:22:22 +0000 silver1 1416019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked right until the weekend that I delivered. LO was a few days early. I was planning to work until my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415962 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:54:55 +0000 MrsH 1415962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked up until my induction at 41weeks. The last week I didn't do much though because I had gauged my workload and didn't have much to do after my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415959 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:53:23 +0000 red_seattle 1415959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had planned to work up to my due date, and then work from home after. I ended up spending 7 weeks on bed rest (29-36 weeks) so I LOVED going back to work and working that last month. I ended up going into labor on my due date, so it worked out perfectly. I'll plan to work ( or, as it is, go to school) until I'm in labor, just like last time, in the future.</p> <p>ETA: I used vacation time for the first 2 weeks of bed rest, then I was given the ok to work from home after that. My goal was to save what PTO I had left for maternity leave, and I'm happy I didn't use up too much during my bed rest. It would've made it harder to stay home as long as I did after X was born. For me, working as long/as much as possible was the way to go, but I had a desk job-- not physically demanding at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415920 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:37:05 +0000 Sapphiresun 1415920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped 16 days before my due date, and went into labour 12 days early. So I had a few days off to myself prior to going into labour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415758 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:54:07 +0000 lilteacherbee 1415758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until 6 days before my scheduled c-section (my last day was a Friday and my c-section was the next Thursday). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415750 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:52:43 +0000 cascademom 1415750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I worked a full day at work. After work, I went into labor and had LO the next morning. I saved up all of my PTO for my maternity leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415688 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:40:23 +0000 mrskc 1415688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I worked until Friday before I went into labor on a Sunday. I was definitely not very focused at work the last few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415668 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:36:18 +0000 bunnylove08 1415668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>worked all the way. DD came a week early </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415665 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:36:10 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1415665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked up until the very day I went into labor 36w6d, delivered the morning of 37w. I did start working from home remotely about a month before I was due, and did part-time remote, part-time in the office a few weeks before that. </p> <p>I was scheduled to work until 37w3d, since I already had a scheduled c-section for 38w. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415651 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:33:18 +0000 prettylizy 1415651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did by accident. My last day was 37w2d and I'd planned a few weeks of rest at home to prep. My water broke that night!! She was born 2 days later on 37w4d :)</p> <p>I'm going off at 36w this time to make SURE I have some rest time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415647 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:31:52 +0000 pui 1415647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on working as long as I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1415643 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:30:49 +0000 lavender 1415643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With #1, I worked up to 2 days before my due date and ended up 3 days late. And with #2 I worked a full day in early labor and was admitted into L&amp;D the next morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414923 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:33:10 +0000 purrpletulips 1414923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, both times. DD-worked from home until Wednesday was induced on Thursday; DS-worked in office until Friday was induced on Sunday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414886 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:27:47 +0000 lemondrop 1414886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, unintentionally- I originally planned to stop at 37 weeks, but work needed help and I was bored, so I worked up until 39 weeks when I decided I had enough commuting. I went into labor the next day. </p> <p>Hoping to work as long as possible this time too, I have far less PTO available and want to maximize that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414788 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:08:50 +0000 Mrs. Chipmunk 1414788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i worked up until i gave birth otherwise the time i took off beforehand would be taken away from the time i could take off from work AFTER </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414757 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:01:18 +0000 yellowbird 1414757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I was ready to go to work the day I was sent to l&amp;d. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414755 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:01:11 +0000 lilyann 1414755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I worked up until the day before my induction (39 weeks, 6 days). I even thought about working a half day since the induction wasn't until 5 but stayed home with DH instead, so glad I did that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414746 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:58:23 +0000 dolphin 1414746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes i worked until the day i went into labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414735 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:57:22 +0000 MsLipGloss 1414735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I left work to go to my 38 week appointment, and left the hospital a few days later with LO. I had an unplanned induction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414724 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:55:48 +0000 kiddosc 1414724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked until the day after my due date. It was a Friday and I planned on that being my last day, but I went into labor that night anyway. I didn't want to use up any of my time before the baby was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414718 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:54:26 +0000 Smurfette 1414718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I had my lunch packed for Monday when my water broke Sun night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414395 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:48:21 +0000 Adira 1414395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Contractions started while I was at work! But I definitely couldn't focus as much those last few weeks (months)! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414372 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:43:42 +0000 dagret 1414372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to work right up to my due date, but i went in to labor on Martin Luther King Day (a holiday) at work, so the friday before that was my last day unexpectedly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414366 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:42:36 +0000 danda 1414366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was supposed to work from home for two weeks before the due date; lo and behold DD decided to enter the world two weeks early, so I worked up until she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414358 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:41:07 +0000 autumnlove 1414358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Dr put me off work at 36.5 weeks for pregnancy 1 because he hated my 3+ hour commute. Delivered at 41+2....I was bored!</p> <p>I worked up to 37 weeks with pregnancy 2. Delivered at 39 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414345 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:38:33 +0000 littleveesmommy 1414345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I worked until the day before I went into labor! I wanted to save all my 12 weeks leave to spend with DD but I also worked from home. I plan on doing the same this time around though parents of 2+ said it's not a bad idea to take a week before due date to spend with LO#1 before LO#2 comes along. I'm still undecided. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414340 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:37:38 +0000 cranberry 1414340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor on a Monday afternoon (2 weeks early) and I was working from home that morning. The week before that I worked in the office. I wanted to save my leave time so I could take more time off after the baby was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414317 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:33:16 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1414317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to work until the Friday before my due date, but got antsy and unfocused at work, that I ended up deciding to finish on Tuesday. I ended up getting admitted to the hospital early Thursday morning, so I only had 1 day off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414306 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:29:43 +0000 bushelandapeck 1414306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked from home the last week and worked until the day I gave birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-work-up-until-you-went-into-labor#post-1414303 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:28:46 +0000 looch 1414303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I stopped working 6 weeks before. </p>