Comments on: Can You Work Up To Your Due Date? Holly Willoughby & Working In Pregnancy –

By: A-M

A-M — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:43:56 +0000

I’ve been super lucky with the timing of my due date. It’s 7th January so I’ll be starting maternity on 4th January. But the company has an obligatory shut-down over Christmas, and I have a week and half of non-transferable holidays to use, so I’ll actually stop work on 11th Dec at 36+1.. This was all a fluke of course. I think if I had been due another time of year, I’d probably have worked until 38/39 weeks and been very grumpy about it.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 08:31:13 +0000

I agree it’s totally up to the person – as pregnancy effects people in different ways. I was working the first time round but had terrible back ache and sciatica at around 32 weeks making it impossible to work but others sail through with hardly any issues so if you feel healthy and fit why not?

Laura x

By: laura redburn

laura redburn — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:05:05 +0000

personally, i think it just depends on the job you do, and if you actually feel comfortable doing it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:15:43 +0000

such a personal thing, isn’t it, and so job/situation specific. Holly is lucky to have a choice & a job which allows her to, but it should be her choice.

I read somewhere that it was recommended if possible to not work full time past 32 weeks – I went on mat leave at 34, but then I moved from Somerset to London and had to find a GP and a hospital to give birth in, so I needed some time!

That said, I’m glad to have had the break between working full time in an office and having the baby – without that it would have been far too much.

Interesting that it’s caught people’s imaginations though – I would have thought it’s a fairly common occurrence?

By: Circus Queen

Circus Queen — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:18:10 +0000

I think it’s so individual. Some people might have SPD, antenatal depression, hyperemesis gravidarum… Personally, I needed to stop working earlier in my first pregnancy but in my second I felt amazing until almost the very end when I felt awful! I didn’t realise it was a sign I was about to have the baby though…

By: Rachel - 3yearsandhome

Rachel - 3yearsandhome — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:49:13 +0000

Well, it might be a personal decision in the UK but it’s not so much in Switzerland where your maternity leave begins on the day the baby is born and then ends 14 weeks later. Yeah, Switzerland loves mums 😉 With my eldest, I finished work on the Friday and he was born on the Wednesday (I took the Monday and Tuesday as sick leave). With my second, I had a scheduled c-section so finished work a handful of days earlier using my holiday entitlement. To be honest, I didn’t really feel like I needed to finish any earlier. While it might have been nice to put for feet up a little more, I’d probably have only sat watching rubbish TV with a massive bar of chocolate. Being in work was quite nice despite working on some truly dreadful and very stressful projects at the time. Glutton for punishment, hey?!

By: Alison Perry

Alison Perry — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:13:58 +0000

When I was pregnant with G, I was DREADING leaving. I loved my job so much and actually cried on my last day. That said, I did pull mat leave forward by two weeks because I was SO TIRED and had mild SPD which meant I could only walk at a snail’s pace. Like you say, each to their own, and when it’s someone’s third baby, they pretty much know their capabilities.

By: Jess @ Along Came Cherry

Jess @ Along Came Cherry — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:03:21 +0000

I think if you can then great, especially as I know a lot of women like to do it so they can take longer off after the baby is born. I personally would have struggled though, especially second time round as I was SO tired! I used to put a film on repeat for Cherry then sit there trying not to fall asleep all afternoon! The tiredness was so bad that even after a bad night with a newborn I didn’t feel as bad! x

By: shirley

shirley — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:39:32 +0000

I think it should be left to each individual person.not so long ago everyone had to take three months off before due date to rest but who can do this.I painted the outside of my house as I was so bored

By: Jade

Jade — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:42:18 +0000

I worked to 37 weeks & honestly could of managed another week or two. I had a short distance on the train to work so could just about stand the ignorant selfish wouldn’t offer their seat for 20 min journey! In the end M was 5 days late. As we all know everyone is different and it is personal preference. I presume with a second (if a second!) that your situation is entirely different from your first pregnancy as you have your first child to consider also