When are you starting maternity leave?!

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Are you working up until your due date or stopping earlier, and if so how early? 
I was planning on making my last day the Friday before my due date (due on a Monday and probably won’t go past). But I’m in so much pain with my back and working is making it a lot worse. (I’m a TA for special needs students- also already have a daughter so my job never stops 😬). At this point, I’m just trying to make it to my next school break which is Easter break (last day before break is March 30th). If I were to return after break, I’d only have about 5 weeks left. So really debating on stopping earlier if I’m still in pain, which I’m sure I will be since I’ll only get bigger lol. (I’m also not getting paid maternity leave but am allowed to take 12 weeks off).

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I’m planning on going right up until my due date. I want to save as much sick time as possible for after she’s born.

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I’m hoping to make it to May 1. And then be done. I get 32 paid sick days for my maternity leave and then summer break starts. So if I make it to work May 1, I get 15 weeks off and don’t have to worry about going back until babies are nearly 4 months old. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

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I’m going to work up straight until delivery. I get 12 weeks FMLA, and want all the time I can get with my baby before returning to work.
Stay strong! And most importantly, listen to your body. If you need to leave early because it’s too much, then that’s what you gotta do. Goodluck❤️

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I’m taking two weeks before my due date and 4 weeks after. Just 6 weeks, but I will be on summer break after that.

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I wanted to go right up until my due date, but I've been have alot of back and hip pain because I'm a cna at a nursing home and about an hour in to work I'm in so much pain I want to burst into tears and I'm taking Tylenol around the clock when supposed to. Also using biofreeze on my back and hips and kinesio tape. using all that takes my pain from a 10-8 so I'm going to go off this coming Tuesday 2/27/18 but baby due date is 5/12/18 . I've gone early with my other kids and the last time she checked me I was a finger tip dilated, but didn't seem concerned. idk.

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I’m leaving for mat leave March 31st. I get a whole year of paid mat leave and can extend to 18 months if needed 😊 I’m due May 2nd

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I am due May 24th and I plan to start my leave on May 21st. I work a desk job though, so it is a little less demanding physically. Ultimately, you have to follow your body's signals. If you are uncomfortable now, it will probably only increase as your belly expands.

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I live I the UK. Mum baby is due on 16th May but I’m going taking 4 weeks holiday then start my Mat leave from 30th April meaning I won’t need to return to work until 1st May 2019.

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I put in my paperwork to have leave start ON my due date. With my daughter, I worked up until 2 days before my due date, and she came exactly on her due date (which is rare from what I’ve been told!)

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I only work part time at a clothing store so I was originally planning on working until the week before my due date. However, the floors are concrete and very unforgiving and I’ve already had bad hip/pelvis/back pain and don’t know if I can make it that long. I might work until the first week of May and then tap out. I’m also planning on taking 8 weeks off from the day he is born but it will be, of course, unpaid.

When are you starting maternity leave?!

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