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Saying hello

gillyjgillyj
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Hi Everyone,

 I have just discovered this board. I thought I would introduce myself instead of lurking in the shadows.

I am due in Jan with our first child. A little girl. I am Australian, my husband is French. We live in France but I work in Luxembourg. I have a grand total of 8 working days left and I can't wait to go home and put my feet up.

I keep reading all of these posts about people who are working right up to their due date and I keep thinking how darn lucky I am to be living in Europe. 

Take care.

 

 

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Re: Saying hello

  • AmberinDenmarkAmberinDenmark

    American here is who is loving the maternity leave in Denmark!  I stopped working at 37 weeks for my first child, and then took 8 months off wilth 5 months being full pay and 3 at a minimum wage amount.  I was begging to go back to work after 8 months!

    Now I am pregnant with twins and stopped working at 24 weeks, and now am on disability which is still full pay.  They are due January 5th.  

    The US and other countries could learn a lot about how to setup a better work/life balance like they have in Europe.   

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  • gblakegblake
    Hi, we're Americans living in Australia with our two sons. Welcome to the board.
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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    Hi and welcome! I'm an American living in Germany with my German DH, our DD, and soon to be second DD. I agree on the maternity leave and other benefits, although I can't take advantage of it since I'm a student and self-employed. :-/

    BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
    BFP2: 3/18/12, blighted ovum, natural m/c @ 7w4d
    BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence

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  • PittPurplePittPurple member

    Hi and welcome! DH and I are americans living in Scotland and expecting our first in December. I finished work on Friday and will have a year off (10.5 month full paid). Honestly, it was a struggle to keep working in an office job until 36 weeks so I have no idea how people work up until the end. I am also feeling very, very lucky to be living in the UK.

    TTC #1 since Aug 2010 * BFP Aug 2011, EDD April 16 2012 * MMC @ 7w5d, D&C @ 10w5d
    BFP Apr 2012, EDD Dec 19 2012 * twin h/b at 6wk, 9wk scan * Baby A lost at 12wks
    Baby B was my rainbow born at 36wks on Nov 27 2012

    Lilypie - (kqKn)
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  • tlew12778tlew12778
    Hi! I'm American living in Italy. But I work for American companies so I worked right up until I gave birth. But as I WAH it was actually not that bad... but I also only "took" 6 weeks maternity leave. When I had DD back in 2009 I was working for an Italian company so my maternity leave was 1 month before birth and 4 months after. Then you get 2 hours per day to "rest" btu they are technically required you to pay you for FT only my company cut my salary to 6/8th :rolleyes: so I left and decided to WAH instead.
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