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I'm a physical therapist. With both pregnancies I stopped at about 36 weeks, mainly due to fatigue and discomfort by that time. My feet and hands were swollen, my back hurt, and the belly often got in the way. Towards the last couple weeks I'd do as much as I could while sitting. That said, I could have worked another couple weeks if I really wanted to.

Totally depends on how your pregnancy goes and how you are feeling. I'm a doctor, on my feet except for 10 min stretches all day, and I worked the day I went into labor at 40w2d.

I worked until 2 days before I delivered. I am also on my feet the majority of the day, and I felt fine. In fact, I thought that having a desk job may have made me feel more pregnant and swollen because I would've had time to think about it!

Lots of people work on their feet--what about compression stockings and other sexy accessories? My SIL wore them a lot at the end

It really depends on how your pregnancy goes. I have a mixed job half on my feet, half at a desk. I thought for sure I could work until my due date, then I got PUPPS and ended up not sleeping due to the itching so I left work two weeks before my due date. I'd say just waited see how it goes.

I worked up until 39 weeks as a high school teacher. I had planned to work until my due date, but it was just too much with the work plus my commute. I think you will know what's right for you when the time comes.

@buttermilk: I worked up until my due date as a HS teacher. I probably could have kept working (DS was 10 days late), but I was just mentally over it, and it was easier to plan a start date for my maternity sub (the lessons lined up nicely).