I am hoping to work as long as I can up until the birth. I'm lucky in some ways that I can work from home once I'm not up to trudging into the city everyday, and the hospital is 5 minutes from home.

I get 6 weeks paid maternity leave (this may double, fingers crossed, in june if our workplace agreement goes through), and have about 8 weeks annual leave. I figured the longest I'll be able to take off work all up is 6 months, but might try to work from home 1 -2 days a week when I go back.