The dealio

I talked to my employer and they were OK with me working 2 days from home. I couldn’t believe how bad the timing was. I was all set to talk to my boss after our departmental meeting but in that meeting they requested the team to put in extra hours (temporarily). And here I am with a letter in my hand asking to cut back but they were still cool about it. I do think that will help and it’s a nice trial run to see how disciplined I am working from home. They were all for working remotely after I originally brought up how my doctor wants me to have reduced hours. (I totally put it on my doctor and played up the chance that if they don’t work with me I could end up on bed rest even though that’s very unlikely, they don’t need to know that though).

My main concern with my stress and overload at work was that there are days when I can hardly eat or drink because I’m so busy. Last Friday I kept getting dizzy and probably drank 1 oz of fluid the entire work day. That’s not cool. I’d try to scarf down food in between but I couldn’t eat as much as I should (well, wanted to). I am putting in extra hours still this week until we can make it past this current release. They generously suggested that we COULD work this weekend. At least they aren’t demanding about it but we all know we won’t be able to get it done if we don’t. But fuck it, my baby shower is Saturday and then I’ll want to take the rest of the weekend spending time with the out of town family. I’m not gonna stress about work this weekend. So I figure I’ll try to put in some extra hours during the week but THIS IS THE LAST WEEK I WILL DO IT.

I’m curious to know what others have done as far as when they decided to stop working BEFORE the baby was born. Like should I just work right up until I go into labor? I do have an office job it’s not like it’s physical. I just keep hearing how I won’t be able to or shouldn’t be driving that close to my due date. And there is no way Bryan will drive me 45 minutes each way when he works 2 blocks from our house. I just assumed I’d work until I went into labor but then IF I happen to go into labor at work, I’m not sure what to do. My hospital is at least an hour from my office so it’d be quicker to drive home. I know typically there is quite a long early labor phase and I shouldn’t need to rush to the hospital. But never know!

And what if I get my first contraction at the office and I start to drive home and have another one…will it make me drive off the road?? I have no idea what these things feel like. My ever so helpful mom has been on my back about it already because apparently a woman who was 9 months pregnant swerved onto the median for no apparent reason and died. They think she may have gone into labor (this IS my mom’s version which has a great chance of being totally inaccurate). Ever since this happened my mom has been telling me “you have to stop driving at some point!” I was thinking as it gets closer asking about working 5 days from home. That might be the best option. I don’t know if I would want to stop working any sooner than I have to, I think I’d go crazy with anticipation. As annoying as it is that I’m so busy, it’s making time go by fast!