Excuse the lack of photos, our camera has finally bit the dust.
Everything is going along tickity-boo, lots of movement from this baby. S/he really likes it when daddy rubs his/her little foot and responds with a healthy kick. I am still feeling great but am so anxious to meet this little person!
I am currently wrestling with the idea of leaving one week earlier than planned for my maternity leave. I am due October 22 and decided my last day would be October 16, but as the date grows nearer, I am feeling selfish and would love a week or two at home to visit the library, sleep late, do crossword puzzles, cook magnificent dinners, listen to the CBC, and generally revel in my mummyness before the littlest Simpkins appears. I may decide October 9 is my last day, and I feel so guilty! I have never used EI in my life, and this one week difference is really causing me to do some serious soul-searching. Silly, I know! Thoughts?
I did the same thing. I decided to leave work a week earlier because I was so uncomfortable. (sidenote-my last day of work happened to be the day i had sophia, so i didnt even get to enjoy any time off before baby,i was so looking forward to that too.)But my point is that I think you should leave a week earlier because you really do need that down time before baby plus you never know you might have that baby early like I did!! Also with EI it doesnt matter when you start your mat leave because it ends a year after you start. So you wont be ripping the system off, you only get a year no matter what.
ReplyDeleteI hope this helps in your decision making...I say go for it!! You deserve the time before baby!
Gah! Thanks, Laura. I need all the advice I can get. I feel so werid about not working outside the house for a year. It's tough to get my head around it. I think I will take the time, it only happens once, so I may as well enjoy it, right?
ReplyDeleteYes,enjoy,enjoy,enjoy!! As soon as you have that baby you wont miss working, you will just want to be with that precious baby all day! (besides work will always be there for you when you are ready to go back!) And you will be busy with a new wonderful job of being a mom :)
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