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whipkitty
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« on: June 06, 2011, 10:11:00 PM »
Just wondering...as a female academic in a tenure-track job I took a week off during my miscarriage.  I opted for medically induced and bled heavily (probably TMI...Sorry), and I was still spotting when I came back to teaching.  Was a week too much?  How long have other people taken?
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ellaminnow
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 10:31:01 PM »
I took a week off.  It's completely justified. 

I'm sorry for your loss, instructorg. 
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2011, 11:24:22 PM »
Thank you.  I just found out I am pregnant again, so I am revisiting some of the things I couldn't deal with before.
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2011, 09:00:10 AM »
I understand your fears, Instructorg.  The first trimester is such a fragile period.  I remember the constant and simultaneous feelings of elation and all-encompassing worry all too well.

Be well.  Check in on the pregnancy thread when you can:  http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,75817.0/topicseen.html
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2011, 09:49:25 AM »
I took off a week, but I should have taken more. (Mine was 21 weeks; I had to deliver. I was an emotional mess for the rest of the semester and my work didn't help me the way I thought it would.)

My sympathies, Instructororg, and my best wishes for the new pregnancy.
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