I’m 35 weeks tomorrow and my plan was to work until 39 weeks (or until baby comes).

Yesterday I got added to a new project (a new biz pitch) that will go up until my 39th week. This is on top of continuing my current job, on-boarding my maternity cover and a couple ad hoc projects I keep getting tagged into. I’m looking at 50-60 hour weeks for the month of June.

I secretly want to leave work at 38 weeks (but doing so would now leave the pitch in a lurch). I’m worried that this work load could propel me into early labor (I have no reason to think that - I’ve had a healthy and textbook pregnancy up until this point). But as of my last appt my blood pressure was creeping up.

Does anyone have experience with this? This is a job that I am very passionate about and committed to, and i am planning to return after 6 months of leave. So I don’t want to burn any bridges. I’m also gunning for a promotion before I go on Maternity leave which would put me in a better position financially while out, so I’m trying to be a trooper.

But UGH. I don’t know if I can do 4 more weeks of this schedule.