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I took all 4 (ended up 3.5 because baby came early) and don’t regret it at all. It was really valuable time to rest and prepare. Childbirth is no joke and there is so much you won’t be able to do after the baby comes. I was also all but useless by 38 weeks or so and wouldn’t have been effective at work at all.
Thanks for this and I’m glad you were able to. Feeling for all the women on this thread who worked up to the very end!
Up until the day before. I wanted all leave to be with my baby.
I worked until my water broke (at home while I was getting ready for work, thank god). I wanted all the time off postpartum.
My firm doesn’t reduce leave after birth if you take disability before so I took all four weeks before. Strongly recommend if it’s an option. My body felt so much better not sitting at a desk all day. Swelling substantially improved. Also gave me more
Time to finalize baby prep, do exercises for birth, etc
NY gives up to four weeks before birth and that doesn’t take away from post-birth leave. I’m taking three weeks before my scheduled induction to keep my blood pressure down.
My view is take as much as possible - the few additional weeks will be a blip for your firm but may very well save you and/or your baby from pregnancy complications.
I took one and then two weeks before my babies were born! Wish I would have taken more.
In CA so get the 4 weeks before the due date and doesn't affect after. I only took a week with my first. Wish I had taken longer because I felt sick that whole week ahead of her arrival. With my second I decided to take 3 weeks before the due date. He came my second to last day of work so I left work and had a baby an hour later. Oops. If you can take the time before the baby and it doesn't affect how much time you get after they come, take it!! If you feel great, then you get time to be by yourself and prepare and enjoy, if you don't feel great, you will have time to rest. Either way, you deserve that time before the baby comes.
I worked up to going to the hospital, mostly sending emails letting people know that baby was on the way (first time was after a full day of work and second time was early in the morning when I started feeling contractions). I wasn’t able to take maternity leave before the baby arrived though, and I didn’t know there was an option to take time off before due date otherwise I would have at least for my second.
Will taking those four week take away from time after the baby, or are they designated pre-natal leave? If they won’t take away, then I’d take a few weeks off before birth, though you don’t really know when it’ll happen unless you have a planned C-section.
I worked until the day before I gave birth, which was a Friday night. I was already have contractions and knew it was close, so I tried to wrap up what I had left. I went to the hospital Saturday night to have a baby shortly after.
Worked in the hospital after my water broke but that was because it my baby came a month early and I had to send emails out so people knew where I was on assignments to cover… wasn’t expecting the early arrival 😅
Worked until the day before because baby came a bit early. I felt fine to work and the nursery was ready.