Have you decided your maternity leave yet?

coreysmomma · October 2011

I know I decided this Very early, but my spring break starts April 6, so guess what? I am not returning after Spring break, so I am officially done April 5 (EDD April 30). And then I won't be back until the following school year in August. I was BLESSED in this pregnancy for so many reasons.

Have you decided yet?

Edit: April 2012 - August 2012. (I wrote following school year, but I mean the next school year), so I will have about 4 months with LO.

TeamHayes · October 2011

WOW, I am jealous. I get 12 paid weeks so I am going to take the 12 weeks and try to use 2 weeks of vacation at the beginning or end to make it close to 3.5 months. If I deliver on my due date, that would put me back to work mid August.

JaimeG183 · October 2011

I'm also a teacher. Our spring break is March 23-April 2.

I'm thinking about being finished right before Spring Break. I'll probably go back in September but that's not final yet. I'm due around April 7th.

PinkPeony6210 · October 2011

I'm due 4/6, so my last day of work will be 3/30 (spring break starts on 4/6, and there's no way I'm taking my chances and working up until then). I will be taking the full 12 weeks this time, and going back at the beginning of the new school year

gisa886 · October 2011

I'm not working, but I am wondering if I want to go to school next semester. I am due right around the end of the semester when you are getting all that final info in. I would only take Spanish 2 because I don't want to lose what I"ve taken this year. I am pretty torn about what to do.

SKWCM80 · October 2011

I get 90 days, and I will be taking every second of it. Smile

mbrod · October 2011

We don't have maternity leave at work so one of two things will be happening - I will VPN in part time from home or I will be laid off for three months and then rehired. All in all I am looking at/hoping for about 3 months out of the office.

Mrs.Teddy · October 2011

I will go off sometime in March I'm thinking. I was on bedrest for 20 weeks with DS, hoping to avoid that however don't think I will make it to the end! 12 hr nursing shifts are tough NOT 9 months pregnant! I will take sick time (I can take up to 15 weeks) until I deliver in April (hopefully!)

I will then take over a year of maternity leave, I will get 12 months paid and DH and I are trying to work out a plan that will let me stay home thru the following summer. I should be returning to work September 2013! I'm super excited for that!

MrsA71208 · October 2011

I will be quitting my job mid March. I plan on being a SAHM so unless something changes that is the plan. I am super excited about it.

CTbride79 · October 2011

I get 12 weeks unpaid maternity leave, and unfortunately since I started my current job only 7 months ago, I pretty much have ZERO vacation time on top of that since you have to accrue it, and you only accrue .83 days a month...so even if I save ALL of my vacation time, I'll only have a max of like 4 days saved by April.

I will most likely try to work as close to my due date as I can/my doctor allows...I think April 3rd (my EDD) is a Tuesday, so at this point I will probably make my last day of work the previous Friday (March 30th).

ADub09 · October 2011

My OB warned me I will probably be pulled early, but if not my plan is last day March 25 which is the start of our spring break, official first day of pre-mat leave medical leave will be April 1. I am due April 25, and I will be taking the full year of mat leave so until April (LO's b'day) 2013.

Kaiene · October 2011

I am due just after spring break, so assuming baby follows my plan, I will take about 10 weeks to finish out the year and return in August.

starshollow · October 2011

I am a teacher and I am not due until the 27. I believe we go back to school on April 16 after our break, and I would ideally like to work that week before taking off. I can use 30 of my sick days to get paid during maternity. I need all of those days to get me to the end of the year paid. Then I will go back to school at the end of August. Hopefully not too many snow days, because any additional days of school will be unpaid!

Steffie17 · October 2011

I'm due the week before Spring Break and I already only work 3 days a week (Mon, Wed, Thurs). My due date is the 10th (tues) and I only have so many sick days. I don't know if I'll go the week of my due date, or working until I am due. I do know I am not going back after April break and will return for the 2012-2013 school year. I have to talk with my business office/HR to see how it would work with the sick days I do have.

roxane · October 2011

Spring break baby here too. I'm really hoping I go late, because I'd like to be able to come back after break so I can get paid for that week. Our hospital is right across the street from my school, so maybe I'll sneak out and sit in my office for a few hours so I can say I came back Wink

If they'll let me, since I'm not a classroom teacher, I'll come back for the last two weeks to tie up the loose ends, but if they won't, I'll be out until August.

WildcatPrincess · October 2011

I don't qualify for FMLA so I'm hoping and praying I can take 10 weeks, that's what I did with DD. For me to be out 10 weeks that's only 10 shifts for them to cover, so it's not like they can't do it - some of our full timers take 4 weeks at a time off. But it's up to them and that makes me nervous!

Sunshine+Luv · October 2011

I will get 5 weeks paid, and will take a total of 12 weeks off. It will be a combo of vacation time and unpaid leave.

vtwd40 · October 2011

So many teachers!! I'm due April 5th, and our Spring Break starts March 19th. I'll be almost 38 weeks at that point. I REALLY hope I can make it until then and then just not come back after break. That would be 9 weeks off the rest of the year. It's unpaid, and I only have 15 sick days (had to take a lot for multiple MCs last year) if I don't use any before then (gulp) so that's only 3 paid weeks. We'll have to dig out some stock dividends to cover the rest since DH teaches too and we're broke folks. I'm high risk though, so I'm scared they'll bed rest me before then. Technically, with FMLA I can do 12 weeks, but I really don't want to. We'll see how it all goes. At least I'll know for sure quickly, because I get weekly u/s from 20 weeks on and weekly NSTs from 30 weeks on. I wouldn't frown on having the baby over spring break though so DH could be home for a week without taking off (though he's never sick, so he has lots of days)

TheBuddha · October 2011

MrsA71208:
I will be quitting my job mid March. I plan on being a SAHM so unless something changes that is the plan. I am super excited about it.

This is a great plan. I ended up leaving work after going back for 2 weeks after 16 weeks of leave with Z. I would have loved some quiet downtime at home BEFORE he was born and then I wish I had known I wouldn't be going back. It was super stressful and I cried every day at work.

Being a SAHM now (well I do work from home, but it works out well) it is the best thing ever. Enjoy it

pensparade · October 2011

I will be covered by FMLA so I can take 12 weeks. I also have an income protection plan that will pay me at 70% of my earnings while I am out. My sick/vaca will make up the rest. Without it I would ONLY have sick and vaca to get paid and that would last me 3-4 weeks tops. Throughout September I have had A LOT of issues with the income protection because there was a huge HR screw up. I think I have it all straightened out but it has been very stressful thinking I had 12 weeks and being told I could only take 3-4 (paid).

Anyway, got a little ways to go before I know for sure I am okay bu I think we fixed it...it's being fixed.

I also had serious problems at the end of my last pregnancy and would be shocked if the dr doesn't pull me out of work this time (last time I was unemployed so it was a non issue.) I would like to work as long as possible so that I have more time with the baby. We'll see!

jbgrigri · October 2011

I just started a new job, which has no maternity pay. I will not be covered by FMLA but am taking a minimum of 8 weeks off, maybe 10. I am home until at least 2 (work about 3-8), and either DH or my sis will be watching LO- so it makes it much easier to swallow. If my sister watches the LO, DH or I will only be away about 4 hrs 4-5 days a week. (I work 30 clinical/therapy hours and do the rest from home).

ecn0002 · October 2011

I get 12 weeks of FMLA. 4 weeks of that (6 if c-section) are at 60% of my pay and the other 40% and all the rest of the 8 weeks are from my PTO, which I've been saving up for well over a year in preparation. So, long story short, I get 12 weeks paid time off! Will return to work, not sure if part-time or what yet :-)

sbost0118 · October 2011

I'm a contractor and I get zero paid leave. Right now, I plan to take 12 weeks off unpaid. I may take more or less depending on what feels right when Little Bit arrives. I don't have to work, but I've got a really good gig right now and I'll probably want to keep it going.

lcwed · October 2011

I'm due April 12, and if I teach up until my due date, then I can take the rest of the year off and still have 15 sick days left when the new school year starts. I'll probably stop after my due date just because the clinic I go to sees you every day if you go past your due date. Since I have a 40 minute commute to work in a different city, it will be easier to just stay where I live. Our Spring break is in March, so unless I'm really early, I'm back for a few weeks after.

Tambcat · October 2011

Probably 6 weeks. We don't have any paid maternity leave, so I'll be using some sick and some vacation. I can also collect STD for six weeks at 2/3 of my salary, but I think I'll probably just bank that. I might stretch it to 8 weeks if I have enough leave saved up, but I don't want to use ALL my leave b/c I know I'll need some later.

eta: unless something changes, I plan to work up until I go into labor.

etaa: my mom is going to watch the baby while I'm at work, so hopefully it won't be TOO traumatic going back.

krissywave · October 2011

I knwo for us our job gives us a weep paid leave. Than we can take up to 15 more weeks of unpaid/use your own leave. The only down side federal law says since DH and i both work for the same company we have to split the 15 weeks. So every week he takes is a week away from my 15. Hes thinking about 1 week paid and 3 weeks his leave, so means I would 1 week paid and 12 weeks my leave

Kdrake8 · October 2011

DH and I are both teachers in the same district. I'm allowed to take 30 days of my sick days for leave. My due date is April 12. What I'm going to try to do is to work until the day I deliver... then not go back

If the baby comes on time or early, I will most likely have to go back for a few days at the end of the school year. Hopefully between both sets of our parents and my husband, we can cover the few days that will be left in the school year... I'm thinking right now that this should probably be around 5 days that I'll have to go back.

Then I'll be done until August when the next year starts

Reading all the other teachers' posts has been really interesting! Most people in our district (unless they have to go on bedrest or something like that) work until the day they deliver. I thought that was more common, but I'm guessing not from the posts I'm seeing!

vsalt31 · October 2011

Good question! My boss just asked me about this on Thursday. I work for a small company & they 're going to give me as much time as I need. Plus, they're going to allow me to work from home and/or work part time (and bring in the baby) if I want to.

So, what is reasonable? I wanted to say I'd like as much time as humanly possible without getting fired, but I know that's not so reasonable!! haha

shouldbworkin · October 2011

I'm taking 8 weeks partially paid. I may go back PT through the summer, we'll see if we can afford it. This is kind of a bragplaint, but sometimes it sucks to earn a good living. It is a little financially difficult to forgo even part of my salary for an extended period of time. Regardless, I work for a small firm and I'm the only person who does what I do, so it wouldn't be fair for me to take off more than 8 weeks.

I'm due 4/8, which is right at the beginning of spring break. I'm not a teacher, but my kids will be off from school. yikes! I am hoping not to deliver until closer to the end of that week (via RCS or otherwise - havent' decided yet). I have always worked up until the end and hope to do so again.

vantzantz · October 2011

I am due the 17th of April and it abuts April vacation. I am going to skip going back the one day before my due date, so I am done the 5th of April. I will be paid until the end of the year and then get my balloon check for the summer. I am hoping to take off until after Christmas break. My husband gets 7 weeks paid paternal leave as well. I am nervous about heading back to school halfway through the year, but feel that I need more than 4 months with my l.o. My mom and my mother-in -law will split watching the baby, so hopefully that makes it easier to go back

katieh1017 · October 2011

I am taking 12 weeks under FMLA. I have STD insurance which will cover me at 100% (6 wks vaginal/8 wks c-section), then I am using my saved vacation time for the rest. I don't know when I plan on going out, I guess it depends how I feel.

Ximena M · October 2011

One more teacher. I plan one working as long as I can. Which will ideally mean until the end of the first or second week of April. I'll use as many of my sick days I have left. I think I only have around 12, which sucks. The past 11 years I have had the most disable students in the district and I seem to get every virus that goes around. I'm hoping this year I won't get as sick as I have a resource room.

Now for the good news. If I can teach most of the school year we can get our bills paid off and refinance my house. Ok our house now. I wouldn't need to go back to teaching I could just tutor or something else. Right now I'm working on getting my real estate license.

irisey80 · October 2011

I am planning on working as close to when I go into labor as possible. I will then take the full 12 weeks FMLA. My company pays the first 6 weeks 100% pay and I also have a short term disability policy that will pay 6 weeks at 2/3 pay. I hopefully won't have to use any of my PTO.

246baje · October 2011

I plan to work until I deliver.

I get 6 weeks STD and I will roll over 3 weeks vacation I have from this year, use my 4 weeks vacation from next year and borrow a week of vacation from the year after that.

That will give me a total of 14 weeks of paid time off and I will take between 2-4 weeks unpaid for a total of 4- 4.5 months off with the baby.

peapod418 · October 2011

Where I live, we are entitled to one full year (52 weeks) of maternity leave at 55% of your regular salary.

Sounds ideal, but I have no idea if we can swing it for a whole year on 55% of my salary. DH does quite well financially, but I am incredibly nervous about this!!

Phew. Breathe!

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