Plan B: Fallback?

I've been absent from work for a month already - from Nov 26 - present... (well, more than a month, but everyone's on vacation from Dec 24 - Jan 4, so it doesn't really matter...)

I plan to go to work on the 5th and talk to my boss and our HR officer about my "situation." We are basically waiting for the baby to (sorry, this may seem gory...) shrink and soften (detectable by trans-V ultrasound) and monitor when it's safe to take the baby out.

In the meantime, I plan to go back to work and go about my normal functions. I am not having contractions anymore since I've stopped all medication already, except for the antibiotics that OBs prescribed as a safety net against infection. I am certainly up and about now.

Once ultrasound has detected that it's safe to do the D&C (raspa) -- I go under the knife, the hook or whatever. This will mean another few weeks recovery time.

I don't know whether the office will still allow me to do this. I highly doubt it since my post is a project post -- and I have missed a lot of deadlines already. My job also involves a lot of travel, and it is impossible for me to squeeze in some travel in my present condition.

Sigh.

I have to have a Plan B. A fallback.

I feel so bad because I really would like to stay and grow in this company. Crossing my fingers, and if the worst happens (they terminate my contract) .. so be it. I really can't blame them.