when did you working mamas go on mat. leave?

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Almost everyone is telling me to work as long as I can but I really cant stand my job any longer. I want to go on Mat. leave asap. How many weeks before your due date did you take your mat. leave ?

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I plan on working until I can’t anymore. I’d rather use my time off to spend as much time with the baby as I can because I’m limited on how much PTO I have and don’t want to waste too much.

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I worked until I went in to labor.

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I went on maternity leave with my first child when my doctors literally forced me to go on bed rest and I was 8 months pregnant.

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My job requires a doctors note to start maternity leave. My plan was to start once the doctor was willing to sign off, usually at 40 weeks. But I ended up on bedrest at 30 weeks which forced the start of leave. It stinks because I’ll most likely run out of FMLA before 6 weeks pp. I suggest meeting with hr and seeing what your options are. Especially, if you use up time before you’re released back to work.

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I'm taking mine at 37 weeks. My job can be pretty physical and I'm on my feet a lot as well and having trouble with swelling already (32 weeks). I was going to work until 39 weeks but I found out about a month ago that my company only rolls over 1 week of pto at the beginning of the year, so it was use it or lose it.

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37+1 when I was admitted. I delivered via c-section 37+2. Found out after the fact I could have been on short term disability separate from maternity leave for over a month due to a blood condition I developed. I was working maybe 1-2 days/week due to appointments. Burned so many sick days that I didn’t have to. Still a bit bitter about it.

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I left at 35 weeks but I am a nurse tht works with radiation

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When my water broke

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I'm going on Mat leave Feb 11th. Taking a weeks vacation before that so done as of Feb 4th. I'm due Feb 25th. My doctor agreed this was a good idea and would give me time to get settled before the baby.

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I worked up until I went into labor.

when did you working mamas go on mat. leave?

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