https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:43:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-555434 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:43:10 +0000 lomom 555434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone knows I'm pregnant, I'm 26 weeks. I've been trying to keep my feet up, drink a lot of water, and take it one day at a time. </p> <p>My billable goal is 800 and luckily in the past couple of days, I've gotten several returns in and am starting to rack up some billable time. I've talked to my boss about possibly coming in on Sundays for 5 hours rather than working 12 hours a day through the week and working from home a bit in the evenings so that I can be more comfortable. It's been heck on my back to be in an office chair for 8-12 hours a day :-/</p> <p>We planned LO to be a May baby so that we'd avoid a tax season baby but I severely underestimated how hard it'd be to be pregnant during tax season! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-551492 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:24:19 +0000 Cherrybee 551492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really sympathise with this! </p> <p>I was working on a big training project - designing and rolling out a full day training course to 600 staff (in groups of 15). The project was due to conclude around the time I am due to come back from maternity leave in 2014. When I announced that I was pregnant, my boss shuffled my workload and took me off a couple of other projects, asking me to just make sure I have finished rolling out the training by July, when I go on leave. It involves a lot of travel, a lot of staying in hotels. a lot of full days on my feet... it relentless! And I'm really not in the best shape for it right now!! I really just wanna crawl into bed and research baby gear!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-551412 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:54:10 +0000 owlmom 551412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: You poor thing. I worked for a Big 4 before becoming a SAHM, and I would have hated being pregnant during busy season :( Does anyone at work know you're pregnant? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-551389 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:11:04 +0000 ellybecks 551389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: I was last year! I found out I was pregnant on January 1, when I was not quite 5 weeks along. It made for a rough first trimester, since I couldn't even tell anyone! I work for a Big 4, so was doing compliance and tax provision audit...traveling to clients, late nights in team rooms, etc. It was not fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-551230 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:02:19 +0000 T.H.O.U. 551230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: how flexible is your work? Can you prop your feet up and get a comfy chair? Maybe even a mini fridge so snacks and drinks are close by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-550426 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:29:27 +0000 Chillybear 550426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'll be pregnant during my busy season but i'll be on mat leave when we start to slow down... i figured that would be more beneficial to my office </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-550416 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:23:06 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 550416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pregnant during the H1N1 flu season. It was pretty awful. I routinely was hitting 80 hour weeks and remember just working and sleeping for a period of time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-550409 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:19:55 +0000 littlek 550409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not pregnant but I'm the same field. I was pregnant last year during busy season and it wasn't too bad but I had a very easy pregnancy. Do you have flexibility in where you can work your hours? This isn't what you want to hear, but it's easier to work now than once you have your baby, if you continue to work after baby. The only thing I can think of is logging in from home to put in extra hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnant-during-busy-season#post-550334 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:52:21 +0000 lomom 550334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is anyone else in this boat? It's tax season and my billable goal is 800 but work has been slow to come in and I'm looking at 65+ hour weeks for the next 10 weeks :-/ I don't think I'm going to hit my goal. </p>