If you're not waiting until your water breaks at work...

How soon are you leaving before the baby is due? And how do you feel about it?

I can not wait.......I'm like a kid waiting for summer vacation to come. My hours are so freaking long and I have zero energy.

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I plan on leaving one week before i am due, but my family is pushing 2 weeks b/c the weather is getting bad and i have 0 energy. I'm hoping to work until the week before, mainly because i want most of my maternity leave after the baby comes and because the baby might be a week or so late!

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I'm due May 23rd, but my company already told me they don't want me commuting (into NYC) after the first week of May. I'll work from home - to the degree that I can/need/want to.....but my maternity leave won't start till the day the baby is born.

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My due date is a Monday, I would LOVE to work up until the Wednesday before, and take 2 sick days before starting MAT leave.

I am being realistic, in that, I work in NYC and due right smack in the middle of February....if it gets to be too much I'll go out exactly 1 week before..

OR if I get scheduled for a C section (which is likely at this point), try and have off a few days before the surgery.

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i have to go until i give birth!!!


my kids are trained to run next door if my water breaks and i am in agony!!!

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3-4 days because that's when my job ends! It's only a 1 year appointment with no renewal option

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Due June 13th. Would like to make it to June 10th, the Friday before. If I can do it, 12 weeks off will bring me to having the whole summer off...going back the day after Labor Day (if I have to go back, that is). I'd love to go out sooner, but unless medically necessary, just not practical if I want my time home with the baby.

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I will find out on Tuesday if I can get my butt signed out already. I am beat, the commute into Brooklyn is killing me and because of the GD I have to go 3 times a week to the doctors. I am praying they will sign me out. Luckily, I will get paid through our private disability at my company, so it won't be so bad.

Although I know I am going to be extremely bored if I go out this early, I know I will no longer be stressed with work and I am looking foward to that.

Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

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i would love to work from home the last month

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I would have loved to work till the end. But the dr said no more work at my last appt. I am 32 weeks with twins. So now we wait!

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I'm working 2 days from home now, and hope to make it 3 this week.

I'm working until a few days before the scheduled c/s. I'd rather have the time on the back end

Although, if we have another major snow storm, I'll be HOME!