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ok ummmm With Xander I wore one of the ever so sexy gowns and with Harmony I was wearing one of naths tees as thats the only things that fitted me once i got a bump lol.

With Xander i started my leave on 1 April 04 (he was due 4th june 04) so 2 mnths before he was born approx. I never returned to work after him lol.

For my first I wore a night shirt, my second I had no time hwen I got to the hospital so was in my t-shirt, the third was C-section so she doesn't count.

I finished work two months before I had my first son and never went back.

i think i just started off wearing t-shirt and pants and then when i got to the hospital i put one of those sexy gowns on.

Rachel & Brianna

hi. I wore a gown. what's the point in getting blood and crap over your own clothes?????
I am a english teacher. i stopped work about two months before Jake was due, so about 10 weeks before he was born. I had to fly back to NZ so that had a lotto do with it. I have to travel about an hour each way to work, so thsat would've put strain on me working later. I also gave up all my kids classes from six months....any excuse huh!!

I also ended up wearing one of those gowns - with briana i stopped working 6 weeks before she was born - i was working for WINZ and it was quite stressful and i hated the job so i left as soon as i can.  I do cross stitch and did this as much as i could - i was even doing it when i went into labour.

I think I will wear one of the gowns too, why get my stuff yucky!

I haven't been working at all during this pregnancy (due to lots of factors outside of my control...) I have done a bit of temping but nothing full on. I have LOVED it!! I think it has helped me have a really smooth, lovely pregnancy and I have really enjoyed the whole process. I just looked after myself and had fun playing house wife, lol, having tea ready when Peter comes home etc. But I also read lots, sleep LOTS (especially now), go aquajogging, for nice walks, out for coffees with new internet friends, lots of washing for baby, getting stuff ready, writing leters....

I do miss teaching though! (I am a primary school teacher) and I do want to go back to work sometime next year, just unsure what exactly to do... We'll see.

At this stage Im staying hom 6 months after he is born... but who knows. I may want to go back earlier.. or I may not want to go back at all.. Im just going to take each day as it comes

I finished work at 30 weeks, was supposed to work till 36 weeks but I got Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction which meant I couldn't sit for long periods and work couldn't accomodate my needs. I didn't mind tho, I finished Xmas Eve so Xmas and New Years went pretty fast. I pretty much just rested at home and watched bad TV, the afternoon cartoons, (I was sick all thru my pregnancy) and nested washing baby clothes, painting furniture etc.
At 36 weeks I went up to Whangarei and spent a week with my grandparents. That was great, really relaxing, the last time out I really had before Maya was born, and it was nice to spend some of the last days of my pregnancy with my grandmother talking about when she had her babies, and her thoughts on becoming a grandmother (I was her first grandchild) and a great-grandmother (Maya is her first great-grandchild). It's one of the most special times of my life.

Oh and I wore a gown when I had her. I laboured at home for 2 days and had lots of baths, just changed into clean pjs after every bath, and eventually wore my PJ's to the hospital, but I had to take the pants off (for obvious reasons ) so I just wore a gown over my t-shirt.

i finished off 2 papers starting when Paris was 3 weeks old, but it was only a couple of hours a week and mum looked after her, i then took 6 months off, Paris was 11 mths when i went back to study, part time.

now, this time, my little Ayja starts daycare on Monday. I took her for a visit today, and they just didn't get it at all. she's a pretty hand-off baby, likes to play under playgym not be held and such. she is quiet and goes to sleep by herself for the most part. i put her to bed there, and went to get somet hing to eat in the parent room thing, and came back after eating to one of them getting her up - "oh she was just lying there quietly smiling" she said. I could have screamed at her! "that's what she does, you silly lady,. she lies there quietly till she goes to sleep. why on earth would you get her up. all that will do is overstimulate her and upset her and you'll have a crying screaming mess on your hands that won't go back to sleep!!!!!" argh argh argh! I have another visit there on friday - may go for longer and stay in the sleep room with her and make sure everyone actually knows that she DOES NOT get up, if she is happy then leave her. come i know all too well what happens when you keep her up cos you think shes not tired.. and they certainly don't have the right "equipment" to calm her back down again.

sorry, am venting, am pretty uptight about leaving her now. only brought it home to me today visiting the daycare. it sucks. this sucks.

Don't stress too much Janine - Maya was the same and the teachers would get her up when she was lying quietly kicking herself to sleep. After a few days of rotten baby Maya they soon got the message and left her alone!

I took 3 papers thru the Open Polytech to make up credits in the semester Maya was born, because I had such a long labour I actually spent several hours working on a psychology assessment in between contractions! After I had her I worked on stuff while she slept, and I only had to get one extension that semester which was because I had 9 days in hospital with mastitis when she was 3 weeks old. Kinda hard to do assignments in hospital!