https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:51:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78562 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:03:48 +0000 mamimami 78562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was paid for 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after (then padded it out with vacation time). Earlier in my pregnancy it seemed silly, but I was so tired and hormonal I wanted to kill everyone by the time week 34 rolled around! So it was a blessing. </p> <p>I have read about research showing better outcomes for women who have some time off to rest before delivery. Lord knows there's no time to rest after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78494 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:17:33 +0000 katdevargas 78494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>unless my dr tells me that I need to be off, I'm working til baby comes so that I can maximize my time off with him or her. my company doesn't offer maternity leave, just short term disability {6 weeks for uncomplicated vaginal delivery} &amp; that doesn't kick in until baby is actually here, so I don't want to waste vacation time waiting for baby to be here when I could be using it after. I'm 39 weeks as of yesterday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78225 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:36:39 +0000 looch 78225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HR suggested that maternity leave begin the 2 months before your due date, so that meant I would have left the end of September for a December due date. I had to get a special exception to stay another month, I seriously was climbing the walls but I couldn't move around as easily and the commute would have been a bit tiring.</p> <p>If I had known then what I know now, I would have worked through November as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78222 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:29:48 +0000 bpcmarj 78222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ideally, I will work up until my due date. The COO of my company who I work pretty closely with thinks that I should plan to work half days for a few weeks before hand. I don't think that I'll do that though since all of my leave is unpaid and we will need for me to work as much as I can before she gets here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78210 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:36:09 +0000 mamabolt 78210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll work up until the day I go into labor unless my midwives advise otherwise. I may work from home the last few weeks though, depending on how uncomfortable I am, especially since I work over an hour from my hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78146 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:10:04 +0000 mediagirl 78146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like a few others, I just told my boss, I'm working until I go into labor. I can't leave early, I don't get any paid time for maternity leave. Should be fun driving to work 10 months pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78141 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:16:25 +0000 littleveesmommy 78141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss that I planned on working all the way until my water broke or labor started and they were ok with that. Beginning one month prior to my due date I updated a daily project status report and checked in with my PM weekly. Once I hit two weeks prior to EDD o checked on with my PM every few days on how I felt and project status. Using this process I ended up working 5 days past EDD when I started early labor contractions. It wirked out great since, like many of you, I wanted to maximize my time home with LO and not waste it sitting home waiting to pop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78134 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:45:00 +0000 MamaCate 78134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My due date was the Saturday after thanksgiving, so i made my last day the wednesday of that week. I was hoping to go into labor before that but was induced the friday of the following week instead. It was a little tempting to keep working past my due date but i had wrapped up all my work and there wasnt much left to do. I think it depends on your field of work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78082 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:49:07 +0000 pastemoo 78082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Green Thumb: LOL. My mom worked until delivery. She used to love answering "when are you due" with "three days ago" etc. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-78081 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:48:09 +0000 pastemoo 78081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I am trying to figure this out, too. My job wants an official last day. I have no clue what to do because I will be SO BORED when baby is late and I'm staying at home.<br /> (Pretty much exactly what @winniebee: said)<br /> @autumnlove: I will only stop earlier if my doc says to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77962 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:24:21 +0000 winniebee 77962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My plan is to work right up until I have the baby. My due date is a Sunday so I have told work that my tentative last day of work is the immediate Friday before. However, I have told my work that if I am feeling good and haven't delivered by my due date I will continue to keep working. They seem happy with that. I know people who started their leave a week before their due date but then delivered a week late and I personally wanted to avoid that scenario so as to maximize my time with the baby during maternity leave. Of course, if my doc instructs me to stop working earlier, I will. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77945 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:44:51 +0000 autumnlove 77945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped a month before my due date. My commute is 2+ hours and my dr wanted me to relax as much as possible beforehand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77857 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:46:07 +0000 tequiero21 77857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i wanted to quit in november, but my boss pretty much said i'd set him back. so i said i'd stay til february, since my "due date" is mid-march. busy season is until mid-april.... and lots of work is done by february. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77831 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:26:53 +0000 Green Thumb 77831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My plan was to work until I went into labor. And that I did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77806 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:12:58 +0000 lemondrop 77806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boss was happy that I was willing to work as long as I was physically able. She has had kids, so she understood that I could go at any time. About a month before my due date I worked on non-essential projects that could be postponed if needed, then I didn't have to stress over letting anyone down. </p> <p>I worked until the day before I went into labor (and was working on freelance projects when my water broke). Timing was on my side- I taught up until Christmas break, then worked mostly from home until the baby came Jan. 7th (a week early). </p> <p>My last month I had a lot of swelling in my hands and legs- the last couple weeks of working from home I saw a big reduction in my swelling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77805 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:04:20 +0000 j0s1e267 77805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I was planning to go out 2 weeks before my EDD but my water broke at 34 weeks so I worked till the end.</p> <p>With my twins, given my history, I was asked by my Doc to stop work at 28 weeks but I dragged it out until 31 weeks. I stopped work on Friday and guess what? I was put on hospital bed rest the following Tuesday :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77760 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:00:05 +0000 venice4504 77760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor actually picked it for me. I got put on bedrest about 7 weeks before my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77746 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:32:30 +0000 mrstilly 77746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was late and based on his size, they scheduled me for induction at 10 days past my due date. I was hoping to go into labor earlier, but I didn't. My last day was the Friday before my induction (scheduled for a Monday). They wanted me to work as long as I could safely. I just gave a quick update at the end of each day in case I went into labor that night.</p> <p>I had no trouble working that far. I stopped meeting individually with certain kids who can get aggressive, and wasn't responsible for supervising any of the kids just in case. I was more worried about going into labor than one of the kids hurting me, and wanted to have another adult nearby just in case.</p> <p>All I would have done at home.is eat and worry about when labor would start, so it was better to get my work done and keep my mind off things as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77717 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:23:00 +0000 His Barista 77717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I have a vaginal delivery I only get 6 wks paid at 66% of what I made the last 3 months. If I get a c-section it will be 8 wks of pay at the same rate. So we decided that my last day of work would be the day before my due date. And I am only taking 8 weeks (10 if I do the c-section) and also using some of my vacation.<br /> My hospital is 5 minuets from home or 15 minuets from work, so I kind of hope I go a little early.<br /> My company is really good about working with everyone's scheduling needs, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77702 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:37:30 +0000 skibobrown 77702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm working up until my due date, but I'm going to switch to working from home 3 weeks before my due date. I have an hour-long commute over a mountain, so I really *really* don't want to start going into labor while I'm at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77700 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:35:12 +0000 MsMini 77700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had planned on working until the day before my due date, but my OB had inquired about when I was planning on going off work, and when I told her, she advised me to go off at least 2 weeks prior to my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77691 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:00:41 +0000 MsMamaBear 77691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to work til a week before, but I stopped 2wks before because I was so huge I could barely make it. My water ended up breaking on the day I planned to be my last day of work!LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77639 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:21:18 +0000 leelee 77639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm working till I pop and that's what I told my boss. He just laughed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77585 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:09:48 +0000 calsmom 77585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't exactly have a choice of when my job will end, which will be in a week and a half. At 29 weeks, I am physically ready for it to come to an end though since it is getting difficult getting on the floor, bending over constantly to pick the baby up, and generally trying my best to keep up my energy I normally had as a caretaker before pregnancy. I think if I had a desk job, I would be okay to work a while longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77573 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:50:33 +0000 prettylizy 77573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My last day I just picked my due date, but I have some vacation I'm going to use up prior to that, so I'll be off 2.5 weeks before LO is due. I'm in Canada though, so I'll have 1 year off from the time LO is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77566 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:39:11 +0000 Lozza 77566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My due date was a Friday, and I'd planned to have my last day in the office be the Friday before that, and to work as needed from home until having the baby. But then I went into labor 10 days before my due date, so I ended up working right up through the end. If my water had broken about 4 hours earlier, I'd have been at the office! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77564 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:36:27 +0000 Ms.SK 77564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am lucky because my company give us 4 weeks prior to our due date (they actually want you to leave) and in some capacity 6-12 weeks after baby, the rest of our leave is unpaid but they hold our positions for 26 total weeks (like 6 months). I think I am very lucky for someone in the US. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77559 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:31:05 +0000 Nskillet 77559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our company has you go out 2 weeks prior to your due date and then you get 6 weeks following delivery. Pretty much sticking to that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77553 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:25:30 +0000 obxwife 77553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 39 weeks pregnant and still working. I'm lucky that I've had a relatively easy pregnancy and am counting my blessings. I feel just as good as I did a month ago (still tossing and turning at night!) and plan to work until I go into labor. </p> <p>Still trying to decide if I want to work PAST my due date if the baby still isn't here. I have to use all the sick/vacation time I have and whatever I'm off past that, is unpaid. Not sure I want to waste the time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-decide-your-last-day-of-work#post-77541 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:12:20 +0000 Mrsbells 77541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Wow thats generous of them</p> <p>@yoursilverlining: Oh ok thats good to know I'm not the only one. Since I wont get much time off I dont want to use up any of is before the baby comes </p>