How long were you able to work full-time?

How long were you able to work and when did you deliver?

I'm really hoping to work as long as possible. With my son, I worked until 3 days before I had him! I'm guessing I won't be able to go THAT long, but I really want as much time as possible with the babies and I don't have any days to spare.

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I worked in the office up until about 23 weeks. Then i had a cerclage at 24 weeks and took 2 weeks off. At 26 weeks my job was good enough to let me work from home 3 days a week and my high risk said i can go to the office 2 days. I worked from bed 3 days a week and sat at my desk with my feet up until i went into labor and had them at 32 weeks! I took 2 weeks off when i had them and came back to work until the twins came home from the NICU. You never know, some people are different. You can make it all the way until your due date, unless you are on your feet all day long!

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I was only working part time when I was pregnant but I worked on my feet for 4-8 hours depending on my shift. My doctor had me stop about 30 weeks when my BP started rising.

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Worked f/t until the day of my scheuled c-sec, 38wks.

I sit, office job.

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I worked til 30 weeks,my company put me out paid sick and gave birth vaginally at 37 w 2dys.

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I started pre term labor at 34 weeks. At 34,5 weeks i stopped working after i ended up in the hospital with contrax every 2 minutes and needed the shots to stop them. I continued to work from home (not f/t, just emails and conf calls as needed) until the day i delivered 36w6d.

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I stopped at 31 weeks

ETA: i deliver at 36 weeks 3 days.

I was having contraction at 31 weeks and apparently went into preterm labor. I didnt feel anything the mind u. It was the start of a UTI that set it off since my kidneys were so compressed.
I was put on bed rest from that point on and delivered the girls at 36 weeks because i developed pre-eclampsia.

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My dr. told me in the beginning that he would pull me out of work at 24 weeks. Sure enough, three days before my last day of work I was put on bedrest. I worked 42 hours a week in retail which meant on my feet all.day.long.

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I have a pretty physical job. On my feet all day long, on and off the floor with kids, bending, squatting, running, jumping etc

I worked full time until about 28 weeks (with a short bedrest term when I got my cerclage at about 14 weeks). Then I worked 3 days a week until about 31 weeks. I wanted to continue but my swelling was so bad my dr made me stop. I delivered at 33w6 days via emergency c section due to pre eclampsia

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I'm a teacher and worked til 35 weeks... but only because my came early (35w1d). I had planned to work at least 1 more week.

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I commuted to Brooklyn until around 33 weeks. Then I worked from home until 36 weeks. I worked the morning I delivered!

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I had a short cervix discovered at 16 weeks and started modified bed rest then - could go to work as long as I was sitting all day, had to be laying down or have my feet up when I was home the rest of the time.

That didn't help, cervix got shorter. Had a cerclage at 17 weeks.

Modified bed rest continued a couple of weeks until my cervix started shortening again. Tried stricter version of modified bed rest.

Then the preterm labor stuff started and I was in the hospital for a few days at 25 weeks to stop contractions.

Wad released on complete strict bed rest from then until I delivered at 31w6d after my water broke.

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I was just put on bedrest at 21 weeks.

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When I was pregnant with the girls I was a SAHM to my DS (2.5).

I was never put on bedrest with my twin pregnancy (with DS I was put on bedrest at 31 weeks until the day I delivered). I never had a shortening cervix, or preterm contractions.

I wound up delivering via c-section at 37w2d because Baby A showed no growth on a sono. But both were healthy and perfect.

Everyone is different, no way to possibly predict what kind of a pregnancy you will have. Twin pregnancies are typically so much higher risk and "difficult" but for me it was a walk in the park compared to my pregnancy with DS.

edited for typo

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worked full-time up til 24wk0d which is the day i was admitted to the hospital for preterm labor. Stayed in the hospital on bedrest until the twins were born at 27wk5d

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I was lucky and not working due to summer at 20 w. but at 16 w I was on restricted activity. I took it easy all summer and was still put on bedrest at 27 w. my water broke an I had my girls at 30w 4d

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35 wks 3 days(the day I had them ) To be fair I worked from home and stopped traveling about 2 weeks before

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I worked full time until 31 weeks, then I worked part time until 34 weeks. My girls were born via c-section due to preeclampsia on 35 weeks 4 days.

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20 weeks but I had issues starting it was June and I hated commuting to the city, so all that combined my doc and I decided it was best that I stop. Good thing too, because I ended up going into labor at 31 weeks. I wonder if I didn't rest all that time would I have even been able to hold out that long.

I also knew at that point I was probably not going back.

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I worked until the day before I had them 38 weeks 5 days! I walked from work to the hospital to pre-register and then went home had a big meal and in the morning, off I went!

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How ironic that literally the DAY after I wrote this I was put in the hospital after having contractions, got a cerclage the day after that and now I'm on bedrest in the hospital!

I am STILL hoping to go back to work after Christmas break though!

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I have an office job. I worked up through my 33 week. Had them at 36 weeks. I literally had issues walking since Twin A's head was so low down there. I think I made my boss and co-workers nervous to be around me.