What are your plans for work?

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Today is my first day off to initiate part time hours! I’m going down to 30 hours, 3 days a week. I’m only planning on working until the end of October, or whenever my bosses find my replacement. I’ll be a SAHM with our baby. ❤️
Although I still have 10 hour work days, I’m SO excited to have the time to myself before becoming a mom! I work as a nanny, was working about 45 hours a week, and I’ve just been so utterly exhausted (and I’m only 23+2, yikes). Yesterday, I accidentally fell asleep at work and was SHOCKED when the 4 year old woke me up. She wasn’t feeling well and we were cuddling, and I genuinely don’t even have memory of closing my eyes. I have never accidentally fallen asleep in my entire life, so I was mortified. So the timing is good!
So far today, I slept in until 9, got some decaf hazelnut iced coffee, made lunch for my husband and I (he works around the corner) and I’ve been relaxing. I’m excited to get some much-needed cleaning in. This rules!
Anyone else switching to part time, or quitting entirely soon, or working full time until birth?

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Work full time until the day I go into labor. Return to work full time 12 weeks from that day.

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I’m planning on staying full time until I go out the week of Thanksgiving and then I am all off until April and will trickle back starting mid April  2 days a week and then 3 days a week in May.  My hubby will stay home with the baby once I go back as he works from home anyway (and for himself).  We are planning on taking 10 days off in July for a family vacation to get us off to a good start too!

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I’m planning on staying full time, both because I want to and because as I am the primary breadwinner in our family. 
I’m also planning on working basically until birth, since my leave will start as soon as I go out and I want to maximize the amount of time I have with the baby. My husband will probably take two weeks up front with me and then another two weeks after I go back to work before we send the baby to daycare.

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Full time until birth. I wish I could be a SAHM. I’m saving my leave to take 14wks paid off after she comes 🥰

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I told my family yesterday that I nanny for that my last day will be November 8 (thanks to your pep talk in a previous post!)! I may do substitute teaching sometime next year a few days a week, however, it’s not necessary for my family to do so.  So we are just going to play it by ear and see what happens!

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I am switching to minimal hours in September since my job doesnt offer as much during the school year. I'll be doing a few days a week until october 8 then I'm on maternity leave for 18 months 😊
I have a c section booked for November 28 so that leaves me a good 6 weeks or so before he comes to prepare the place and give my 1 year old some quality time before shes not the baby anymore

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The contract I work on at work is ending next month so I’ve chosen early maternity. I wasn’t originally going to go on maternity until October so it threw me a bit but now I’m actually so excited to have time to rest!! 3 weeks and I’ll be home full time 😍

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I plan to work till i deliver. We get 7 months unpaid leave for child-rearing & im taking all 7 months.

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Since the cost of daycare is basically the same as I make as a teachers aide, I am working until the week of Thanksgiving and will then be a SAHM until my kids are in school. We hope to have a second about a year after this baby is born. I will probably start to offer some before and after school care or part-time babysitting next summer/school year for a little extra income.

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Full time until birth. We don’t have the means for me to be part time anywhere or be a SAHM unfortunately. I worked up until birth with my first and so I plan to do the exact same this time. I’ll only be off for 6 weeks as well once baby is born (as long as I have a normal vagina birth with no complications) and I’ll be back to full time again.

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