I felt ok to do part time hours right up to the day DS was born, at 41 weeks. the workplace was flexible, work easy and the cash was very handy.
That was my initial plan - work right up due to the money issue.

To do my whole job part time wouldn't be feasible so id prefer to cut my losses and relax (especially given I just logged into centrelink and found I get my carers bonus for dd next week - which I'd forgotten all about!!!)