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Q: Two Questions. Maternity Leave & Hiccups.

asked by: arcadia on January 12th, 2007

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Allo allo, lovely ladies.

I have two questions.

As you guys know, .I work in retail, &.I'll be 31wks on .Monday. They want to know when my last day is going to be so they can have time to find someone to replace me, but .I don't know what to tell them! Especially now that there's talk of me possibly having to be induced a few weeks early if .Gabe is too big &blah blah blah. &.Work is already hard for me- even when .I get a break, it's really hard on my body. So when do you guys think is appropriate to tell them .I'll be leaving? I was thinking around .February 5th when .I'll be 34wks? What do you guys think? I'm not going back after he's born, so .It's not really maternity leave. It's just... Quitting, lol.

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.My next question is about hiccups! Ah the fetal hiccups. What do they feel like? Because .I think .Gabe has been getting them like 3 or 4 times a day, lol. Do they kinda just feel like a light twitching or like he's kicking really gently over & over again? The little twitches are really close together, so .I donno. I'm assuming it's hiccups.. I don't know what else it would be, hahah.

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michelle1981 replied on January 12th, 2007

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I would describe them as light twitching. I had them just the other day. I don't have them frequently, but I can totally tell that's what they are! I think it's so cute Laughing

.

I worked up until week 36 with .Brian. 34 weeks is fine .K.

arcadia replied on January 12th, 2007

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Lol, .I don't mind them, if that's what it is. Sometimes .I just sit there &.I'm like " Shocked

what is going on in there?!"

.I want to work as long as possible, but .I really don't want to push myself. Especially since .I keep getting sick, &it's already so hard on me to work a lot. &.It doesn't help that they want to know like, right now, when my last day is gonna be!

AyaMiyaki replied on January 12th, 2007

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They're kinda like light kicks, but they come at regular intervals. They stay on beat, I guess you could say.

I would work until I couldn't anymore. Like, if you feel like you're barely making it right now, then push your "last day" up a bit. If you think you can make it to .Feb, work til then. Know what I mean?

I stopped working in .June, and didn't have .Aly til .July. So there you go. Laughing

ang4291 replied on January 12th, 2007

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy

I stopped working at 36 weeks.......I just asked my Dr. About it and he asked me when I was ready.......He just wrote a Dr. Note saying when my last day will be and I just gave it to my boss...

As for the hiccups.......My baby also gets them alot(she has them as we speak....Lol.).......It does just feel twitching, or like a jumping feeling.

LaurensEntourage replied on January 12th, 2007

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To me it feels like someone is lightly doing it the inside of my uterus with their fingers. It would be easier for me to show you this in person than it is to describe it. But it's constant and regular. My daughter always got them when it was time for me to go to sleep. It wa scute but very annoying.

arcadia replied on January 12th, 2007

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Lol, yep, it's definitely hiccups, then. He gets them seriously about 4 times a day. Haha! He's so silly.

Bridget replied on January 12th, 2007

Moderator

At first I thought the hiccups were cute but they got seriously annoying after a while. It seemed like finn had them constantly and always when I was trying to sleep. Although I did like the constant reassurance that everything was ok in there.

As for working, you should probably try to work as long as you can just because you'll be going down to one income after that and you'll probably want all the extra money you can get.

I worked (retail) until 34 weeks but that's only because we moved then and I had a new house to set up on my own while nick worked. I was actually going to go back at 36 weeks and work up until 39 but I got put on bed rest. I was uncomfortable and felt like crap but I knew how hard it would be when I stopped working so I forced myself to get through it. I only put in 32 hour weeks though..

Zanny replied on January 12th, 2007

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Jenny got hiccups at least three times a day when she was in my tummy.. And she still gets them loads now! Baby hiccups are the cutest Mr.
Green

ang4291 replied on January 12th, 2007

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iheartmybostonterrier wrote:

at first I thought the hiccups were cute but they got seriously annoying after a while. It seemed like finn had them constantly and always when I was trying to sleep. Although I did like the constant reassurance that everything was ok in there.

As for working, you should probably try to work as long as you can just because you'll be going down to one income after that and you'll probably want all the extra money you can get.

I worked (retail) until 34 weeks but that's only because we moved then and I had a new house to set up on my own while nick worked. I was actually going to go back at 36 weeks and work up until 39 but I got put on bed rest. I was uncomfortable and felt like crap but I knew how hard it would be when I stopped working so I forced myself to get through it. I only put in 32 hour weeks though..

i agree, I also thought they were cute at first, but they are very annoying, especially if you are trying to sleep.

arcadia replied on January 12th, 2007

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iheartmybostonterrier wrote:

.Only 32hr weeks?! Lol, .Jesus. I'm not even *allowed* to work more than 20 a week, according to my doctor!

AyaMiyaki replied on January 12th, 2007

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Hiccups are the sweetest things in a baby. Aly will literally sound like "hic-cup! Hic-cup!" Shocked

like she's drunk off the boob or something Laughing

i was still working a 40 hour week until my doc took me off work in .June Neutral

and that was on my feet, too. Ugh, it was miserable.

arcadia replied on January 12th, 2007

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Lmao, .Laura! Awwwh. Aly. She's so sweet.

I can't imagine working anymore than .I do, now. It's already so hard on me. I can hardly move or walk after working just a 4 hour shift. Confused

Bridget replied on January 12th, 2007

Moderator

Why won't your doctor let you work more than 20 hours? You haven't had any complications, right?

The place I worked was awesome. They wouldn't let me lift anything and would freak out when they saw me lifting anything. They also wouldn't let me bring backstock down to the basement and my boss was always offering to buy me cold drinks. I miss it there!

Hiccups are cute now that he's here but even cuter are baby sneezes! Ahhh-choo!

AyaMiyaki replied on January 12th, 2007

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Does .Finn sneeze with his mouth? Aly goes "ah-thplplplplpl" and spit (and .I'm assuming snot too) goes flying everywhere. It's nasty. She's sneezed on me soooo many times and gotten fluid all over me. And all I can think to say is "...Thank you baby..." Neutral

anttm04 replied on January 12th, 2007

Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy

I think when you have to stop working all depends on how your pregnancy is going and how you feel while working...With my first pregnancy I worked half days my last month and even worked on my due date (i delivered the next day)....With my third, my doctor put me on maternity leave at 36 weeks because I had only gained 2 pounds up until that point...I felt well enough to continue with my first, but with my third, the stress was taking it's toll, so she recommended I stop working at that point...

Bridget replied on January 12th, 2007

Moderator

Finn's sneezes are hilarious. He yells the "ah" part and then it's just a little choo, no fluids though! It sounds so fake.

The fluids don't start flying until he gets really worked up and does what I call his "urkle impression", he starts snorting and boogers start coming out of his nose but with each snort he sucks them back up. It's gross but funny and he just gets angrier the more I try to grab the boogs as they come out.

Oh, the joy of babies!

AyaMiyaki replied on January 12th, 2007

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Alyvia loses her damn mind when I try to suck her boogies out. She gets soooo pissed off Shocked

and turns her head from side to side and cries really hard, and when she takes a breath to cry again she sucks the boogies further up, and sometimes she sucks them into her throat and stops crying long enough to cough, and when she catches her breath she screams louder because that pissed her off too. It's like Rolling Eyes

.I'm trying to help you, child... But she looks at me like "you did that on purpose!" Evil or
Very Mad

"mean, evil mommy!"

sexymomma replied on January 12th, 2007

Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy

I worked right up till I was about 34,35 weeks I was planning on working right until the end but my boss wouldnt let me Sad

but keep in mind that it takes like a month for maternity leave to actually go through thats what they told me whenever I went to employment insurance. And I was wondering what those little twitches were in my belly lol mine feel like little tugging,jumping feelings Smile

arcadia replied on January 13th, 2007

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iheartmybostonterrier wrote:

why won't your doctor let you work more than 20 hours? You haven't had any complications, right?

.Not complications, no. But they consider it a risk that .I had such a short time between my miscarriage &this pregnancy. &.My blood pressure tends to run high. Plus .I'm anemic (just got on my iron supplements a few weeks ago.. They've helped some) &.I've almost passed out a few times while working. Plus .I have such problems with my back &my hips... Like .I said, .I literally can barely walk or even stand after working for just 4 hours.

I just really don't want to push myself to work longer than my body can handle.

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