Hi Ladies,
Just wondering how many weeks pregnant you were / or will be when you take maternity leave?
My boss is starting to ask me now so just wanted to get some feedback.
Thanks
Kristy :)
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Hi Ladies,
Just wondering how many weeks pregnant you were / or will be when you take maternity leave?
My boss is starting to ask me now so just wanted to get some feedback.
Thanks
Kristy :)
In UK law, you have to tell your boss before 25w (15w before the baby is due). So you still have another 3 weeks to make up your mind if it's the same for you!
I'm going at Christmas, last day 22nd December, which will give me about 6w before the baby arrives. That means I'm working up to 34w, but most people seem to leave about 30-32w: everything gets so much harder in the third trimester! I fully anticipate December being completely useless for me and work, but fingers crossed I'll be replacement-training so won't have to worry too much about running around.
For my first I worked up to one week before the due date. That was fine - we went over by eleven days. I think we may have gone that far over because I didn't stop soon enough and wasn't mentally prepared. If you are fit and healthy I would go as long as pos because I went insane when I did stop working.
This time around I have Christmas holidays tacked on the front and another one at home so it is very different. Definately no time to get bored!
If I had to do the first one over again, I would see if I could work part time toward the end to ease into not working. It IS a shock on the system after working full time for so long. I guess it depends on your work situation.
One thing I did that I really regret was take my mat leave full time. In my work, I had the option of full or part time for twice as long. I would opt for part time for twice as long now....
Hope it helps.
I think it also depends on what you do - if you find yourself being physically active at work then you will notice the difference in what you're capable of in the third trimester. My job is pretty much a desk job, but it is boring me senseless, so I'm going on leave at 36 weeks, theoretically giving me 4 weeks to parrrrrty!
The law here is that you have to tell your boss you intend to take leave at least 10 weeks before you do. By law you only have to give your boss 4 weeks notice of the actual dates you intend to take the leave. It is recommended that you give it in writing and that you also supply a medical certificate (!!) confirming the pregnancy. LOL - I think that's a stupid rule, but there it is.
Hi Kristy. This is my first so i'm hoping that my plan works lol. I plan to start mat leave from 35-36 weeks assuming that i stay well. I will be taking the pay at half pay for double the time to keep a regular income coming in as long as possible. I am lucky that my work is accomodating me into alternative more pregnancy friendly duties which will enable me to keep working. If they weren't doing that i would be starting maternity leave very soon!
Hi Kristy,
I am planning on working up to two weeks before my due date. I can work from home the last couple of weeks if I need to. I am concerned I might be a little ambitious, but at the moment thats the plan.
At the moment, I plan to work up until about 4 or 5 weeks before the due date. This will probably depend on how I am feeling at the time. Baby is due march, and Dec/Jan will be slow and boring at work for me, so hopefully not busy and stressful.
My boss does not seem to be interested or concerned with when I take leave. I might change my mind closer to the date. I would really like to work as long as possible as I do not have any paid maternity leave available. Also, I think it depends on what your job actually is. I work in an adminstrative job, so I sit on my bum most of the day so the work is not strenuous or anything like that, and I get someone else to do the stuff I'm too lazy to do (filing, packing and moving archive boxes etc)
I plan to leave 1st Dec & i'm not due till 19th Feb. But my job involves alot of walking outside, so i want to leave before it gets to hot & to busy.
I left about 2months before my due date with my first pg because of the same reason.
Hi Kirsty,
I left work at 36 weeks. I had a desk job but I wanted time to just to relax and prepare final things. I really enjoyed the time off as I was quite tired by that time and really wasn't motivated to work any longer. I read books, slept when I felt like it, met friends for lunch etc.
For my second I think I will work as long as I can (I only work 3 days) because working is easier than running around after DS. :)
I'm due in mid feb and plan to work until the end of Jan (approx 2 weeks before my due date). I only work 2 days at the moment so I think I will be ok. Of course, it all depends on the weather and how I cope with it! I'm also staying that long because I am expecting a resignation which means I will have to train that replacement as well as my replacement before I can go.
MG :)
I plan to take off at least 6 weeks, preferably 8, so that would be about mid- the end of feb for me, since I'm due mid april. I am an early childhood teacher though so my job is a pretty full on, on my feet kind of job and since there are only two of us for 18 children aged 2-5, we are on the go all day. As well as that I am concerened about the heat in summer, since I feel it pretty badly even when I'm not pg.
Kellie
I stayed until 38 weeks although I wanted to stay another week but my OB wouldn't let me. Lucky because Amy came at 39 weeks to the day. Was paid 13 weeks maternity leave and had some holidays so I went back to work when Amy was 4 1/2 months. DH is a SAHD.
I'm hoping that my work will allow me to have 6-8 weeks for the due date. I don't feel like going to work now, I can only imagine how I'm going to feel in the 3rd trimester. I'd like to get the house baby proofed and get the room ready as well.
wow!! I was going to leave at 30 but now my boss has told me I have no job after the 22 week mark. I cant see anyone hiring a pregnant woman so I guess Ill be finished at 22 weeks.
I worked 5-6 full days a week (desk job) up until 38w3d... thought I would have heaps of time to get everything ready for bubs arrival... alas she had plans of her own so I finished work on the Saturday and went into labour on the Monday night with Brigid finally making her appearance at 12.32am on the wednesday.
If I had the time over I would prob try and work until 35-6 weeks.
Hi Kristy,
I am working up to 5 weeks before. Originally I was going to do an additional 2 more weeks but thought better of it just in case bubs comes early. Your body will tell you when enough is enough...obviously depending on the type of work you do. Check with your Human Resources department as they may need a certificate from your OB if you want to work after 6 weeks before your due date. Make sure your boss is looking after you!
Take care....Bianca
Exactly the predicament I was nearly in, Danni! You can get still temp work without maternity pay if you so wish for the Sales and whatnot (you'll be about 22w just after Christmas, right?).:
I do sort of wish that I was going to be at home from next week, I must admit, but we're now looking at it all changing in March so I'll be at home anyway!
With bub #1 I took maternity leave (well actually resigned because I was not eligible) at 36wks (BTW I had 3days off and bubba was born :-( not much of a rest) I had to tell them 10wks before I intended leaving and by the time I was 34wks I was completely OVER working and couldn't wait to leave just so tired and huge.
With this bubba we had some complications early on which coincided with my hubby's transfer so I had to leave work at 16wks. I am currently doing relief work (I'm a teacher) 1-2 days a week and loving it!
I was 38 weeks.. only did it because we needed the money, but the last few weeks were abo****e hell. I was so tired, so pregnant, needed to go to the bathroom every second minute and my feet and ankles were like balloons. If i was to do it again i would stop at 36 weeks i think..
I'm a full time student (studing nursing) and work as a assistant as nurse...
I had to give up work at 3months due to complications... But my uni keeps me occupied~I finish uni in 2 weeks - i'll be 23weeks. And start back up again when i'm 38weeks... Hmm we'll see about that one~
Danni, how come you won't have a job? :confused: They are NOT allowed to sack you because you are preggers! What do you do? Is it dangerous for you and the baby?:
Can you adjust your work load so you don't have any practical's next year? I know several girls at Uni (nursing) who have done this. Otherwise you could defer a year? I know a girl whose EDD is the day of her last exam!:
Hello. I will be 23 weeks on Saturday and because my job is very physical I am changing to safer duties from Monday which will be full time (40hrs/week) and will start leave at 35 weeks. I think it really depends on your job and health.
Mother goose - Luckly i won't have any prac next year (i went part time this year and did it this year) i only have 2 classes next year, which is good because that means i only have to be at uni for 6-10 hours a week~ so i not away from my bubs for too long~
I'm finishing up on December 15 - I'll be 32 weeks. I'm due Feb 10 so with Christmas and NY holidays it doesn't make much sense for me to be there after Christmas for a few days in Jan (our office closes between Christmas and NY). PLus my mum will be over here for Christmas arriving on the 16th so I was always going to be on holidays that week! :)
Can't wait! 31 more work days left!!! :)
I'll be working up till a week before the due date maybe the same week i'm due - work is pretty flexible - i work 2 -3 days per week. I've already had my job offered back to me whenever i feel like returning - soon the better the boss has said.
Such a different attitude compared to previous bosses where pregnancy was a disease!!!
I have just finished. I was due to work until next thursday (32w6d) but am a nurse and it was just too much. Feels wierd not to be a worker but I'm sure I'll get used to it pronto!! I think it's just the transition time between finishing work and bubs arriving!!
i worked behind a computer so thought i would be right to work up until 37weeks.
I only made it to 33weeks, left work on the Thursday (before Easter break) and never returned! (had Nixon on easter monday)
when i tried to asked to use up my sick days (because wasnt due to be on maternity leave yet) i was told i couldnt because i had already had my baby so therfore started maternity leave. (had i still been sitting in hospital pregnant i could have)
I am on 12months leave now but hopefully wont have to go back there (worked for 7yrs there but really over it)
So i didnt get to have any time between leaving work and being a mum. Although a positive side of Nixon being in hospital was i got to recover from my c/s & ready to takle it all by the time he came home.
I'm officially leaving when I'm 32 weeks but I'd be amazed if I don't go back in for a few hours here and there over the next few weeks getting everybody organised. I wear two hats so I've got a fair few duties to dish out!
I just put in my maternity leave application today. I told them I would be working up until 15/02, which is about 4 weeks before bub is due.
I dont want to work too late incase bub decided to come early, but I also dont want to leave too early as we could really use the extra money.
My maternity leave starts when I'm 38 and a half weeks pregnant - although I'm taking holiday now, so have been on leave since 34w. If it weren't for Christmas and that being a natural leaving time, or for me having 17 days holiday to take, I would be leaving at 37w.
I'm planning on work until 38 weeks. I have a desk job and a really short trip to work so I'm hoping it will be OK. I had most of last year off work as a full time student so I really need the money!
I'm the same as you Jule. I'm working to 38 weeks and my work at the moment is mostly at the desk. I have to travel 45 min to work but my hospital is about a 5 sec walk from work - literally! Plus I'm only working 2 days a week at the moment ;) Plus, with all the time off I've had to take for Uni this year I really need the money!
I went on maternity leave early both times. My job is very physical and when pregnant with Gemma my BP went sky high at 20wks so I left at 23 wks and with Jasmine my bp was perfect but I left at 24 wks and just as well as I had major gallbladder attacks!!
I went on maternity leave at 37 weeks on 1 December and had Charly on the Sunday. Think she was waiting for me to totally relax, not that I was doing to much at work and was doing half days when possible.
I have taken a year off but will see about going back part time around October, depending on baby.
I'm going to start my maternity leave at 36 wks. I have a desk job, in air conditioning, so won't have a problem with the work side of things. But the travel is starting to get to me - I have a 45min train trip followed by a 15 min walk (in business attire, in the middle of Summer) so I'm exhausted by the time I actually arrive at work.
I am planning on take my leave from 34 weeks. Also have desk job, only 5min drive to work, and by May, will be going into our quiet time. I sorta wonder if i should stick around an extra couple of weeks. But then again, why not put my feet up and relax while i still have the chance!
I'll be about 32 weeks or so.
My main issue is the distance I live from work - over 100km each way, so my main problem is driving safely and not getting too worn out from being away from home 11 hrs a day. Also, the days are getting shorter so that means driving in the dark on isolated country roads, some areas with no mobile service, lots of animals.........too hard I reckon. Even though I know that means I might be at home for up to 10 wks before anything happens, I'd rather be safe and a bit poorer than risk it all for a few more $$.
I have been debating this a bit lately as I really want to have made a decision before work brings it up. Great to read what everyone else is doing/has done!
I think I will finish at 32 weeks, simply because if I get quite big my job will be almost impossible LOL! And I can't change to lighter duties. I'm a bit worried about the finance side of things and wondered if I should work a bit longer, but DH said that a few more weeks won't make a difference and that I should finish at 28 weeks :eek: ! Very nice of him, but I just can't do that, it would feel too strange.
So 32 weeks I think it will be, and I can imagine that by then I will be hanging to finish LOL!
Because i wasnt very big with DD and felt so well i actually worked fulltime up until 37 weeks i think then i worked casual till the day before i delivered. I regret doing that now because i was stuffed after the birth. Had i taken it a bit more easy i think i would of felt better in myself.
My boss at the time was hard to say no to as well which didnt help. Plus i love my job. Still do even though im a SAHM now.