When did you take maternity leave? What do you do for work?

[Kylieemilyj]

Just wondering. I’m 33 weeks tomorrow and am working until 38 weeks but I want to give up now! I work FT in a pub

Yeah I thought the same @Prequelle. I’m also a nurse and managed to work till 36wks and luckily felt great and felt like I could have worked way past that. My DD has other ideas tho and my waters broke at 36+3 🙈 no mat leave to nest just straight into motherhood 😊

You did awesome Bumping!

I'm only 7+5 and I'm exhausted every day. God knows how I'll cope in the last trimester doesn't help that I've got arthritis (juvenile, had it since being seven) so my knees are gunna be screaming ha

@Prequelle ohh bless you 😢 hope it’s not too bad on your knees!

I was very lucky, however the start of pregnancy wasn’t so great, yeas tiredness, horrible horrible nausea from weeks 6-16 lost a ton of weight, acid reflux, but somehow it all seems to get better and the latter part was way more enjoyable even tho I had a huge bump. Hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy.

I work in catering so on my feet all day, very full on. Luckily I get school holidays off so I'll be 33 weeks when my time off for summer starts. People are still questioning whether I'll manage til then!

I'm a primary school teacher.

DS1 was due January had planned to work up till end of November. Got signed off at start or October with a blood clot which took me till week before DS1 was due. He was born early January and I went back the May.

DS2 due middle of February (I was now a single mum, father had nothing to do with kids) I finished at 38 weeks and went back when DS2 was 11 weeks as I only get 13 weeks full pay then straight on to Mat pay which wouldn't have paid my mortgage.

@Prequelle I'm not in the UK so thankfully doesn't apply to me