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I am
and now at 37 weeks, with no sleep and constant pain in the hips and down there area, I am starting to wonder how?

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I'll work until the doctor tells me that I shouldn't be driving so far which I hope happens before the "end" or I'll be delivering on the highway.

I worked on Friday and had DS on Saturday last time around. I was soooooo uncomfortable but financially and FMLA wise - it makes the most sense.

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I will be working until the end. I live 2 miles from work and the hospital is less than five minutes from where I work so I think I'll be okay.

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i did.

i planned on taking it week by week anyway.

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I plan to squeeze every last day in at work until I deliver. One of my staff is a volunteer EMT and keeps joking that if he has to he can deliver my baby at work. I told him that would be great but then I'd have to fire or transfer him from my group after he sees my va-jay-jay.

I only get 3 mos maternity leave so I want to spend as much of it after baby is born.

I'm also hoping they'll let me roll as much of my unused vacation time from this year into my maternity leave, but technically I have to use it before Mar. 31 and I'm due end of April.

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Technically I am working til the end....but right now that consists of sitting at home and making phone calls and going on any occasional appointments that I may have. So it's pretty easy. My boss is being awesome.

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i'll be here until labor

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I worked until the end. My last day was Friday 10/19 and I had DD on Sun 10/21. It s u c k e d, but I wanted all the maternity leave for after the baby came.

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I plan to work till the end. My due date is Jan 22nd and I'd like to make it to the 18th which is the friday before. I think though that the commute is gonna kill me first! You might read about me giving birth on the LIRR....

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I plan to work until the end. I am hoping to use all of my saved up time for after the baby one is born. I just hope it all works out.

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For my 1st baby I worked right until the end. i literally went into labor at work.

For my 2nd baby, I left work 3 weeks early. I had much more on my plate.......the 3 weeks was godsent.

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i'm due jan 28 my last day is dec 28. i wish it was tomorrow!

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I do home-based special ed, I travel within Manhattan all day. Going up & down subway stairs all day is killing me. I'm due Feb. 21, I'm cutting my case-load in 1/2 starting Jan 4, then working 16 hrs (+6 hrs traveling between kids) per week until Feb 15- I keep telling the mom of 1 of my students my water WILL break at her house. Then I'm taking a whopping 6 weeks off after the baby makes his grand appearance.

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I plan on working until the end or until my due date unless I can't for some medical reason. I want to save my time for after the baby is born. I work in a hospital so I am "safe" but I REALLY would never want to give birth there! Luckily, my DH works nearby and our hospital is only about 20 min from work.

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when I was PG, I worked beyond the end. DS was one week late ... but I felt great throughout the pregnancy.

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I plan on working till the end. I am a ER nurse and delivering at the hospital I work at. So, I figured I can't go wrong. Plus, I have a 2 mile round trip commute so I seriously can't complain. Plus, the idea of sitting home and looking at the walls waiting for to show up I think I would go crazy.

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I worked till 2 days before my scheduled c-section and was running around picking people up from the airport the day before. might as well do what you can now...enjoy the last few moments of pregnancy!

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I am hoping to work all the way until the end. I want to save all my time off for when the baby is here.

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I worked until the day before my induction, which was 6 days past my due date. Oh, and did I neglect to mention that I'm a dance teacher. I was very fortunate to have a great pregnancy and I felt fine working up until the very end. And it's not like the dancing prevented me from getting huge, I gained 48 pounds while pregnant.

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My last official day is November 23rd. I am due Dec. 1st, so we'll see if it's till the end. It's pretty darn close anyway!

If work was closer to home, I may have kept working until my last day, but the commute is too long to keep up past week 39.

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I'm working until the very end if I can. The only thing I am worried about is I work about an hour from my dr and hospital. And DH works 45 mins from me as well so if I was to go into labor at work and couldn't drive myself then he would have to come all the way here and then we'd have to head another hour back to the hospital.

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I hope too! Plus my office is like 5 minutes away from Winthrop! I'm closer to the hospital while at work then when I'm home!