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Best of luck Angela!

Yeah we don't get any paid time off. FMLA protects our jobs for 3 months, i work for a place that will hold your job for longer if you want...but it's not paid. Fortunately I have 12 weeks of vacation and sick time saved up which will get me through most of June if I wait to take off until later in March (instead of early like some days i'd like to!). I'm always off in July and August paid, so I will have 5 months paid off with LO when she arrives--with perhaps a bit of work at home/part time in June if I want full pay in June, or if DH and I decide I may take some of that month unpaid just to keep staying home. Either way--I will get 5 months paid which I know is really rare in the US--but it's only paid because I've saved a bunch of Vacation and Sick time up for this reason.

This is why I keep pushing myself to stick with work as long as I can...I really dont' want to burn time before she comes...but I will take off a few days here and there for resting..
 
Thanks Sara and Membas!

I definitely understand wanting to save your time off. Unfortunately I burned all mine over the summer and fall with MS issues. So I'm heading into 2011 with basically none saved up. But oh well. I am just SO excited to get the little one here!
 
Thats awesome Membas!! We are paid for the 50 weeks - buts its only 55%. i competely get needing some rest days - i used some vacation days to make my last few weeks 4 day work weeks.
 
hi ladies! hearing all this maternity leave talk makes me very thankful im a SAHM. i dont have to worry about any of that. my DH is on paternity leave though and has to go back mid-march. he could use vacation time on top of that if he wanted, but we want to save some for just in case we need it later. he helps out so much im already not looking forward to him going back to work in a couple weeks now. what kind of paternity leave does others DH's get to take off with you?
 
In canada - the mom has to take 15 weeks maternity leave. Then they offer 35 weeks of parental leave (which can be taken by either mom or dad) most women take both (giving us our 50 weeks "mat" leave). So if I was a SAHM i wouldn't qualify for the first 15 weeks, but DH could take 35 weeks parental leave. It again is only paid at 55% (To a max of $450/week).
 
Morning all - still here but very crampy today and very headachey / tired. DS was up at 4 as he'd wet the bed but my lovely OH got up and dealt with it all, even when I got up to wee he sent me back to bed. But it takes so long to get back off to sleep I think I would have been better off staying up...

He won't be back until late tonight as they are having to find a replacement accountant - the current one has resigned. He also has done his back in and has been seeing the osteophath (sp?) but is still in a lot of pain, and is finally trying to do something about his smoking - has been seeing a reflexologist - but I think he is hoping it will be a mirical cure and he won't have to put the effort in as well - which I understand but reality - he has to do it the reflexology will only help so fingers crossed he sticks at it long enough to have that relevation.

Here for paternaty leave its 2 weeks, but my OH is unlikely to take his full entitlement as he and another guy run the company he can't just leave him to it, and in fairness nor did the other guy when he had his kids so its a bit of give and take. But on the other side if I've needed him to take a day off (only 2 in 3 years) as I can't not go to work and DS is sick, he's been able to do it so can't complain too much.

Sara - hope your discomforts have settled down and taking it easy has reduced your swelling.

Angela - good luck with your birth am looking forward to hearing your story and seeing some pics.

Membas - Good luck with sticking at work - I know I'm finding it very hard now but am trying to be very selfish with my time at work and making it work for me.

Everyone I've missed - hope you are doing ok and these last few days / weeks go smoothly.
 
my DH will take some time off but it's not paid or anything...we don't have a set plan, just see how that first week goes and go from there. he's self employed part time and part time with another company--so it's not hard to get some time off anyways.

no sleep, stupid cold--it's 4:30am, i've gotten 2 or 3 hours of sleep--just emailed into work sick so i can go turn off my 7am alarm. i don't want to use sick days but screw this.
 
no sleep, stupid cold--it's 4:30am, i've gotten 2 or 3 hours of sleep--just emailed into work sick so i can go turn off my 7am alarm. i don't want to use sick days but screw this.

Hope you feel better soon - its awful not being well this far into pregnancy
 
I've come down with a cold to Membas. My arm is still KILLING me - i took a tylenol, hopefully that will help. but other than that all is well here. The last 2 days my jaw is popping a lot - i googled, they said because of the hormones to loosen your joints your jaw can loosen... makes sense.
 
Also at a couple different times last night (while i was awake tossing and turning) i had period like cramps - definately not painful, and they lasted quite a while. They weren't cramps due to bowel movments (which i get frequently) i don't think cause they lasted more like 30-45 seconds.... but they weren't that painful... Its probably TMI but i have had at least 2 BM a day for the last few days.
 
Morning ladies,

So sorry for those with colds. I had one a couple weeks ago and just wanted to cry! And I would have, too except it just would have made the congestion worse! :dohh:

Cathryn, glad you got a little sleep, at least. I woke up at 5:30 this morning and was awake a couple hours, then dozed from about 7:30-8:30. Now I'm up and trying to figure out the 800 things I want to do today before we go to the hospital. Last minute shower yesterday left us with a (wonderful) pile of gifts that now need organizing/washing/putting away. Then there are a couple errands I need to run and the house is a mess. Oh well, We'll see how much of that I can get done! It may help burn off my nervousness a little bit!

:hugs: all!
 
Good luck today Angela. I hope the induction goes well. Whatever doesn't get done, will be OK. You got to rest up... i've heard having a baby is hard work :rofl:
 
THanks Sara and Brai and LOL Sara, I've heard that too!! :rofl:
 
Good luck Angela, and hoping you got some rest before heading off to the hospital.

Hope everyone with colds is feeling well again soon.

Sara - sounds like your body is slowly ramping up with the ligament softening, the BM's and bits of cramping.

Brai, hope your having a better day today, take it easy (well as much as you can) and see what the dr says on Wed.

All tired here - DS is that tired he's pretty much unable to eat his tea - we had a play date after tumble tots and I think he's worn himself out. Unfortunately it will make bathtime / bedtime fun and OH won't be home in time to do his share of the routine so will have to do the lot myself - isn't usually an issue but I'm tired too and I get impatient when tired so going to have to do a lot of tongue biting or ww3 may break out...
 
I am sooo tired lately. I went to bed like 13 hours ago and am just getting going. Well besides getting up to pee a million times, and getting my kids off to school. I have to go drop my 24 hour urine test off today too. Has anyone else had lots of pain in their teeth lately? It is weird cause it keeps switching teeth, and some of the teeth that are bugging me don't even have anything wrong with them?
 
Hi girls ... we are home! had to stop overnight cuse my waters had gone the day b4 like i thought so Mason had to be monitored for 24 hours b4 we could leave...
So pleased and still shocked as to how quick things went labour wise and after the week we had im so pleased at least that was a blessing to us!....
Basically as said my waters were trickling on the saturday all day and i was due to go in be induced on sunday anyway, sunday morning about 7.30am i started contractions on my own and they were quite strong... by time i got to labour ward they were showing up on the ctg as big contractions and she examined me and said i was 4cms dilated and things were progressing nicely but my waters had gone and she wanted to get things moving quicker cuse the first gush of waters i had were 6.30am the saturday morning so she put me on the drip and my hubby was gonna go to work and come back when things progressed but these contractions were so strong that i really didnt want him to leave and had a feeling things were gonna progress quick! well i wasnt wrong! withing 20 mins i had progressed to 6cms and then 30 mins later i said i wanted to push! the midwife looked at me and said, dont be daft!! i said to her - im telling you i need to push i kept saying! she examined me and i just saw her dashing around for all the delivery stuff and somewhere to put baby lol anyway it took about hour of pushing but i finally got him out and no tares and he was perfect 8lbs 8oz and thank god hubby didnt go into work lol he would have missed the whole thing lol
Mason's having a few problems feeding he is so full of mucus so im having abit of a time of it and very tired but he is gorgeous and the spit of my youngest there like twins!! i will post some pics shortly! gonna get something to eat now all kids are fed and watered!
Havent read through yet but congrats to anyone i have missed thats had there bubbas :) xxx
 
Congrats Shell's can't wait to see photos and so glad things went quickly.

This is my little one in NICU the day after she was born, my eldest with her little sister and one of Kirima at home 5 days old.

https://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/Tanikit/19022011247-1.jpg

https://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/Tanikit/22022011271-1.jpg

https://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/Tanikit/23022011275-1.jpg
 
she is gorgeous Tankit!! congrats!!

Here is a couple of Mason

https://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb203/shelleymom4/189738_10150104992648358_505553357_6413478_1672258_n1.jpg

https://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb203/shelleymom4/184388_10150105243453358_505553357_6415924_3607427_n1.jpg
 
Great pics ladies! Can't wait to meet our little guy tomorrow. I'm just about to pack the last couple items and we'll head out in a few hours for the hospital!
 

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