maternity leave

[xoxoslamb]

when is everyone going on maternity leave? I'm 31 weeks & my days are numbered. I hate when people say "well I work up til I have my baby" well, everyone's pregnancy is different & everything is going physically wrong with me. my work only has 6 weeks maternity leave so I'm trying to go as far as my body will allow me

[margiemomof2]

Im due august 11 for scheduled c section so august 1 will be last day

[Msshorty2]

I'm 31 week and my doctor want me to go on maternity leave early because i'm going through  preterm labor but I told her know its to early and I'm not willing to go off until August 1 but she said know I was pushing it to close to my due date August 18 and she don't think I'll make it so she gave me July 18 to stop working but if I keep having contraction and low abdominal pain she's taking me off early.

[blancaboo]

My work doesn't offer me maternity leave since I'm not permanent with the company yet. I'm leaving at 36 weeks since its a very physical job and a very exhausting one. I'm not sure when I'll come back or if ill return.

[Amers0808]

My work doesn't give any leave but I'm still planning on taking 11 weeks. I'm due August 8th and plan on starting leave on August 1st, provided she didn't chime early.

[Vins_Girl]

I'm 29wk1d and was put on admin duty a few weeks ago and then my hours were reduced to about 19 a week so I gave my notice because 19 hours a week won't pay bills or childcare for my other 3 children thru the summer. I'm being a SAHM for now and we will see how it works out.

[sherellepps30]

I am a cna and work homehealth i can take as much time i need and have a job when i get back. Fayetteville nc

[babyaug15]

Im 30 weeks and had to go off last Saturday. I have 10 weeks of sick pay then a full year of maternity pay. I wanted to go longer.  But the heat abd hours of work were killing me  

[Starrlite_04]

I wish I could go now but I'm going to try and tough out the next 6 weeks. At that time I will be 36 weeks on July 14.

[first_time_momme]

I decided to go on leave July 23rd which will make me 36 weeks also, I'm in Ohio and my employer only offers 6 weeks.

[MelB317]

My due date is my first day on maternity leave however I've had an uneventful pregnancy besides some pelvic girdle pain so far and my job is for the most part a low stress desk job.

[jbow0027]

I'm not until I have the baby..... Which I'm sure will be early my job is a very physical job and I'm in my feet for almost all 12 hours.... So we will see.

[Pinkslip]

I think it depends on the job you have as to when you go on maternity leave.  I live in Canada so I get a year off of work for maternity leave which is nice. I'm 30 weeks but can't work anymore because the job I have is too physically demanding so I applied for my medical employment insurance and then will be receiving my maternity employment insurance when the baby comes. Every pregnancy is different. Plus it's a lot easier for someone to sit at a desk all day and be pregnant than walk around 8 hours a day doing physical care on people haha. Just depends on the person and job :)

[RaisingTwoSoon]

In California through the state paying for maturnity leave we can only leave 4 weeks before at 36 weeks and we get 6 weeks full pay after and 6 weeks pay at 60%. Due to my job and needing coverage I'm leaving at 36 weeks. I would leave sooner because I know ill be pretty bored during leave maybe...

[Shaynaruth]

I was pulled out of work as of today (30w+2) because I have pneumonia and my immune system is shot.  My PLAN was to go out at the end of June since I'm a teacher and that marks the end of the school year.  Guess my plans didn't pan out.  Thanks a lot, pneumonia.  *sigh*

[CrystalG318]

I'm not starting my maternity leave until I'm 36 weeks. If it were up to me then it would be at 34 weeks. I haven't had any complications, so doctor won't take me off sooner. My work us giving me 10 weeks maternity leave. I'm taking 4 before my dur date and 6 after.