Work and Pregnancy

[sayitaintso]

excuse my inteligence or rather lack there of,i'm a newbie so bear with me... are nuses/nurses aids allowed to work when they are pregnant if so up until how many months are they allowed...i know diffrent places have diffrent rules...what the rule(if there is any) where you work?

thank you all...i look forward to your repys if this is a repeat thread then the moderater can delete it and just direct me to the original thread

[Gompers, BSN, RN]

Actually, very few places in this country offer very good maternity policies. Most people I know, in any field work, right up until they deliver, and also must use their own accrued time. Even a lawyer I know was given a paltry 10 weeks. Plus, the sense that one's job, and certainly any future promotions, might be in jeopardy is still, unfortuantely, very much a real phenom even today. When I was pg w/ my second, I actually didn't even have ANY real maternity leave, as I worked 25 hrs/ week. And the family leave act, whereby you can take 12 weeks and have job protection only works if you've been working , I think its 26 +hrs/ week. Anyway, just my 2cents. The maternity leave policies in this country,or lack thereof, are some of the worst in the world. Don't get me started... :angryfire

I think I'm just jealous of my sister-in-law. She's a grade-school teacher and has tenure - she worked up until the delivery, too, but then she got three months off and didn't have to use up any of her sick or vacation time, plus she got paid since she is salary, not hourly.

I do know friends who've worked for different companies (mostly advertising and IT type jobs) who've also gotten nice maternity leaves without sacrificing every hour of their hard-earned sick and vacation time.

I'm just saying, that of everyone I know who's had babies recently - it's the nurses who had the shortest maternity leaves and the nurses who ended up without a single hour of sick or vacation time left.

[RoxanRN]

I worked up to the day (literally) each of my children were born. The first at 36 weeks (tried PTL at 30 - placed on trebutaline and no restrictions other than self-imposed - she was healthy and went home with me) and the second 2 days before EDC (was considered 'high risk' because of #1 - no limits placed other than self-imposed).

It's all related to your health and what you (and your doctor) are comfortable doing during the last few months. I was in school (paramedic and nursing, respectively) and working full time (teacher's aide and ER Tech, respectively) during each pregnancy (nearly 10 years apart) - I couldn't seem to do one without the other (I'm now 'forbidden' to return to school :rotfl: ).