How long were you able to work?

So, I am 20 weeks, and after a pre-eclampsia scare (which thankfully the tests were negative for), I have been advised by my doctor to reduce my working hours to keep my blood pressure down. Typically I work 40 hours a week, and she wants me working no more than 20. I am more than happy to do this, as it's better for the babies, and I could use a break, but am worried about our financial situation at the same time. We are still paying off our ivf cycle, and I know when the babies come, I want to be off at least 12 weeks before I have to think about going back.

Has anyone else been in this same situation??

TIA!

 

I was supposed to have been on bedrest at 20 weeks but kept working full time up until 28 weeks with hayden and destiny. I needed the money being a single mom but ended up doing more damage then good. Then ended up on very strict bed rest then too hospital bedrest and had 4 pre term labor scares..

This pregnancy im 10 wks almost and they have already cut my hours down drastically and im looking at being taken off work completely in a couple of weeks. It really all depends on the situation.

 

I work full-time until 27 weeks. I was then placed on bed rest b/c I was starting to dilate.

 

I worked about 30-35 hours per week. I have been on short term disability since 10 weeks pretty much. We had lots of complications early on, and did not want to risk anything!

 

I worked 40 hours a week until 24 weeks doc cut my hours to 30 hours a week and I stopped working at 28 weeks. I had no bedrest and no problems during pregnancy but I just couldn't do it anymore. I took a bus and train to work everyday and was on my feet most of the day. Believe me, we id not have the money either but we made it work, I am now a SAHM... I never did go back to work!

 

I worked full time up until 28 weeks when I was placed on bedrest for shortening cervix and contractions

 

I guess I'm an exception. I worked full time to 38 weeks. They were induced at 38.5 weeks, right after the Thanksgiving weekend, so I took the Friday & Monday after Thanksgiving off. LOL! Luckily I didn't have any problems or complications during my pregnancy and I felt pretty good most of the time. I had an office job and was off my feet all day, which I think enabled me to work the whole time.

 

I worked full time till 32 weeks-when I was pulled due to increased contractions.
I had anticipated being pulled around 34 1/2 weeks.

 

I quit my job at 10 weeks. I was just too tired and stressed from my job. I was a manager of a restaurant and it was just too much to handle. I was working 60 t hours a week. My husband told me to just quit so I have been home ever since.

 

I stopped at 32 weeks. I had planned on working to 34 weeks but my body had other ideas and i ended up having them at 32.4 weeks. Everyone used to joke that i would have them at work and i nearly did! x

 

I was immediately put on bed rest at 20 weeks due to an incompetent cervix. My peri mentioned to me earlier that I would definitely stop working by week 24 so I was just a little early. I 'm a teacher so I coulndn't exactly cut back on hours leading up to that. I used my maternity leave at the end of this year (bed rest) so I would have to return to work as soon as the babies were born. We made the choice for me to go ahead and stay home next school year. It will be a struggle, but we'll make it.

 

I was put on bedrest at 16 weeks, but thankfully I work from home so I could continue to work (from bed). At 24 weeks I was placed on hospital bedrest and had to go on disability (although I still got about 15 hours of work done a week).

The girls were in the NICU 5 and 6 weeks, so after a week PP I started working again (from home) until they came home. Then I took off 5 weeks. Unfortunately, when you are pulled from work early, sometimes it is impossible to take the 12 weeks off after they are born. Ideally that's what I wanted, but it didn't work out for me.

 

I'm still working. Thankfully, I've had a problem free pregnancy so far.

 

Call me a total whimp but I stopped working at 22 weeks. DH and I were not in the position for me to not be working either. I just couldn't do it, I am a fitness coach and sales manager for a gym and when I got home at night I felt like I was going to die!! I just knew that I was doing the right thing for my babies and myself. Sure enough at 27 weeks I was admitted for PTL. I ended up carrying my boys until 37 weeks when I was induced. They still didn't want to come out and I ended up with a c/s, but they are beatiful healthy babies. My advice is listen to your body, the finances ALWAYS work out.

 

I worked 40 hrs a week. When I started by 35th week, the doctor put me on bedrest and and 3 days later delivered my girls, after my NST showed my blood pressure was not going.

 

I have a 45 minute train commute to work (office job). My dr. pulled me from commuting at 28 weeks due to placenta previa. She and my work let me continue to work full time from home and my husband was allowed to drive me into work on Saturday to drop off/pick up work. That worked for a month and then at 32 weeks I just couldn't type on my laptop anymore (my belly was getting majorly in the way and I had bad carpal tunnel, not to mention I was totally exhausted). So I talked to my dr about it and my work and I wrapped everything up and stopped working at 33 weeks with me going into work on Friday for my last day for my work baby shower. My water broke the following Tuesday! Very good timing. Financially we couldn't do it either, I was going to have to take my vacation time and then no pay when that ran out until the babies came when short term disability would kick in. As it turned out I didn't even get to use all of my vacation time.

It will all work out in the end.

 

In my situation I wish I had been put on bedrest or at least on disabilty at aboput 30 weeks. I was sooooooo tired and uncomfortable, however, my doctor - a male- who had obviously never been pregant--- with Twins ! didn't think I needed more rest. I kinda put myself on disability at 34 weeks. Basically, I showed up to theri clinic and TOLD his nurse to sign the disability forms, and I wasn't asking, I was telling them. However, my employer actually put me on light duty at 30 weeks, which they had never done for any one else (I was the first to have twins aroud there) I guess they feared I might drop a couple of kids on their hallway but I did work up until 34 weeks, delivered at 36 1/2. By the way I also had pre-clampsia since about 31 weeks but they didn't do anything about it.
Needless to say I now have a new doctor, thank God my kids were very healthy at birth ( and still are) and I recuperated without any problems.

 

i was just taken off of modified bedrest and am back at work, but i only work 3 days a week. however, my doctor is encouraging that i stop work around 26-28 weeks.

 

I worked full time until I was 26 weeks...my doctor took me off from work because of the drive time it took me to get to work (around 45 minutes one way). Which in turn by the time I got to work my legs were numb.

 

I went on modified bedrest at about 30 weeks and then in the hosptial with preeclampsia at 34 weeks. In between I went from modified bedrest to restricted while at home. I was like you, worked full time and worried about how this would impact our finances...especially since this all happend in December and around the end of the year.

I lucked out. Anticipating this might happen, I finished a bunch of projects and shifted some of my responsibilities to my co-workers. My clients also knew I might not be available.

My boss was very cool with everything and ended up paying me for an entire month of work that I didn't work!!! I was so shocked and appreciative. What a blessing!

Good luck with your situation - it will work out one way or the other.

 

Work has been a recent stressor for me as well. I'm a nurse, so I'm on my feet a LOT. Around 24 weeks, I started getting a lot of contractions, so they cut my shifts down to 8 hr shifts/4 days per week. I've been doing that ever since. I'm using up around 3-4 hrs of FMLA per week (to fill me in to my full-time 36 hrs/wk status) & my paychecks are smaller from the decrease in hours, but we've been surviving. My doc said he'd pull me out of work at 34 weeks, but I'm curious to see if I even make it that far. I tire really easily, my legs ache, & I just feel like dead weight after working an 8 hr shift. We'll see how the next few shifts go, but I may request to go to 24 hrs/wk or just stop working. I, too, can't really afford it financially & hate the thought of not getting my 12 week maternity leave, but I also don't want to overstress myself (or the babies) JUST to stay working. It's a fine line, but after reading others' posts, I feel proud that I made it working to 29 weeks!

Listen to your body & do what's best for you & those little babies. In the end, you'll figure it all out.

 

I went on half time when I was 19 weeks pregnant and was on full time leave from the 25th week. However, in Denmark we are very well protected during and after pregnancy (I get full salary all the way through my sick leave and up until 14 weeks after the birth after which I can get a decent benefit for up to a year after the birth), so economy wasn't a concern for me. Good luck!

 

I worked until 35w3d and delivered at 36w even - I developed pre-e pretty quickly so they delivered me...I have an office job and was off my feet all day too which helped...

 

i was preschool coordinator at a private school when i got pg, and planned to work pretty much to the end of the pregnancy, we even timed it so i would just miss the end of the school year....then we found out there were 2 and the dr said i would only be able to work up to 28 weeks (6 months--spring break) BUT at 9 weeks i had a subchorionic bleed and was put on bedrest for 3 weeks, and christmas vacation came, and i got a cerclage...

dr said i would have to significantly curtail my activity at work--which involves endless walking from classroom to classroom, playground duty, administering first aid (usually thermometers, ice and band aids), bending down to tie shoes, wipe noses, pick up kids who fall, etc...my job is VERY demanding, physically and emotionally, and i am not the kind of person that can do half the job--pretty much a perfectionist, and the school deserves to have someone doing the job right, completely.....though we stressed about not getting paid maternity leave and those 7 months of salary, we decided to put the pg first, and i resigned in january...i should add that mexico isn't the best place as far as maternity and medical leave goes, so there was little way out, and no chance of moving to a diff type of job for the duration of my pg

i have been home since, on limited activity, but have managed to complete all sorts of projects i would have had little or no time for, and am SO ready to welcome these little guys into our home and have no free time left!!

good luck

sandra

 

My doctor wanted me to start my sick leave at the beginning of December and my babies were due at the very end of January. I had a very healthy pregnancy with no problems, but I guess it's her policy to do that with high risk (i.e. Twins) pregnancies. Well, that worked well for me since the babies were born at the end of December. It was nice to have that time off to get ready for the babies and relax before the twins got here. (oh, except for Christmas, in which I had my entire family at my house :icon_eek: ). I was actually surprised how early they were, so I was glad I had that time off to finish everything! But really, taking off work about 2 months before the babes were due was a good thing for me, even though I was feeling just fine. Take some time for you, stock up on some sleep and prepare your nursery...they will be here before you know it. :icon_biggrin:

 

I had my babies via scheduled c-section at 38 weeks, 1 day. I worked full-time, 40 hours+ per week, up until the morning of my delivery! I literally submitted a project to my boss at 10:00am, and the first baby came out at 2:00pm! I was never on bedrest and had a very uneventful pregnancy though... Also, I have a "desk" job, which helped a lot. I am not sure I could have made it if I were in a job where I was on my feet all day. I did not want to take any time off before the delivery if I could help it - I wanted to use my full 12 weeks to spend with the babies!

 

I worked full time until I was 29 weeks and then put on bedrest because of pre-eclampsia. My OB was only going to let me work an additional 3 weeks - so up to 32 weeks.