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I’m 26 weeks pregnant and trying to figure out my leave. I live in NJ and work at PwC, any fishes know the policy for NJ and PwC? The leave center has not been much help and I want to plan NOW not like 60 days before. I was told NJ gets two weeks before due date and PwC gives you two weeks as well.
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Know that everything is out of your control right now, and just try to not stress about it. Your body just needs to do its thing, and maybe around 7-8 weeks you’ll start to feel really tired or nauseated. You can read expecting better to educate yourself on the next steps in pregnancy, what you can’t eat/ do etc.
You can test every day but that won’t help you catch a miscarriage since the HCG levels have to be so low for the test to work at early stages. You could do blood draws, but those only work on a relative basis as compared to each other in sequence. And who wants their blood drawn weekly?
Hang in there. It doesn’t get easier until you can feel baby, and honestly this kind of worry is just generally going to be around…forever. When your kid is born it doesn’t change, just shifts.
Signed a mom of a 2 year old, 14 weeks pregnant with our hopeful second and who had an early miscarriage (~6 weeks, started bleeding at 8 weeks) in between.
Just know that like 98% of early pregnancy loss is due to a genetic defect, there is nothing you can do or control at this point. Take lots of deep breaths and redirect your thoughts to say "today I am pregnant". Agree completely that this worry never goes away and you put in the work to learn to manage it. Good luck!!!
I found out sooooo early and my dr won’t see me until after 10 weeks 😭
Threw myself into work and filled up my social calendar. I had a positive test at like 12dpo so it was awhiiiile.
Bought a book, started interviewing OBs, looked at hospitals, figured out what my healthcare plan would cover, started budgeting for things, started thinking about the pregnancy I wanted to have, my boundaries… I’m a prepper… 🤣