Maternity Leave

MamaGrillo · September 2013

Fresh hell= talking to HR and trying to get answers.
I am a SAHM and work pre-dawn hours part time so I can bring the health insurance home and still be home with the kids.
So right now, what I have been told is that nobody wants to pay STD, so whatever leave I take, would be unpaid, unless it's unused vacation. I do qualify for FMLA, which is pretty mich job protection, and since my 'disability' spans two calendar years, I could probably get more than I ordinarilt would. We'll see- no reply email in 5 days.

Lawren · September 2013

12 weeks unpaid. We are still undecided if I'm going to stay home after this one or not. We're playing around with insurance and $.

excitedjen1 · September 2013

I'm taking a year at 55% of my pay for the whole time (I'm in Canada) so I won't be going back until December 2014

Mrsfernandez625 · September 2013

12 weeks unpaid but DH and I have been saving since we found out and are ready!! I requested the week before she's due. I'm going to try to pull through till the end but we'll see how it all plans out.

Whitterpow · September 2013

6 weeks of short term disability and probably 2 weeks of vacation time.

jenohouston · September 2013

8 minimum, but likely 10. This is unpaid FMLA but about 3.5 weeks of this are vacation days and saved sick days, which I hope I don't need to use before then!!!!!

jenhops · September 2013

9 months, only 8 weeks paid.

bty19 · September 2013

One year

tattooedtragedy · September 2013

12 weeks and ill be paid for 8 between PTO and STD and giving the way my job has been lately if I could figure out a way to transition to a SAHM I totally would

daisydaisy23 · September 2013

With DS I took 7 months. 2 weeks before birth and 4 weeks after birth were paid, everything else was unpaid but they held my job for me. I know that I was very fortunate to get this--I appreciated every single minute of that leave!

This time around I'm a SAHM soooooo no days off from my toddler-watching job. haha. But DH will have about 3 weeks off, which is helpful.

grace_ann · September 2013

4 weeks before then around 6 months afte. combination of paid leave vacation and unpaid leave

Schreckswife09 · September 2013

I will have 8 weeks total. 6 weeks paid and two weeks Christmas vacation time.

penelopemaria · September 2013

6 months

thesportsgal · September 2013

8-10 paid but I might try to stretch it out to 12. I'm due the Monday after Thanksgiving so I'm hoping to work until that Wednesday, then off for Thanksgiving and the day after. Then BAM! She'll be here that Monday! Yeah right....;)

RNmommyof2 · September 2013

I went out July 30th, but I'm on short term disability for horrific pelvic pain. I'll have 8 weeks of disability after my c-section, 6 weeks after that of baby bonding (paid by the State at the same rate as disability), and then an additional 6 weeks of unpaid baby bonding. I'll go back to work when my little guy is 20 weeks old.

noslen0519 · September 2013

4-5 months.

Jesslovespink · September 2013

1 year off(canada)- probably leave 2 wks early. Get a percentage of my salary for the whole year.

Hols411 · September 2013

10 weeks. I will get 6 or 8 weeks at 100% on STD depending on the type of birth and take the rest unpaid under FMLA.

Eggerkr · September 2013

gwinnygirl said:
12w. Mostly unpaid, I'll have some sick time I can use. I will also receive one week of holiday pay.

With DS I took 8w.

Jealous, I lose my holiday pay. Which sucks because if the manufacturing plants shut down its usually several days of pay! Last year we had 10 days of paid vacation!

I plan to take 10 weeks, 6-8 of it will be 60% pay. The rest will be vacation I have saved up. I have almost 5 weeks at this point!

lashagu · September 2013

6wks on STD and 2wks vacation. Could take 6 more wks unpaid but company is making changes and job security is not that "secure" at this moment, gotta pay those bills

lollipoppoop · September 2013

Jesslovespink said:

1 year off(canada)- probably leave 2 wks early. Get a percentage of my salary for the whole year.

I should move to Canada

MamaGrillo · September 2013

CitrusXoXo said:

Jesslovespink said:

1 year off(canada)- probably leave 2 wks early. Get a percentage of my salary for the whole year.

I should move to Canada

I know, huh? Can we be neighbours and yet have such different health systems?
Jealous.

kerkma · September 2013

My plan is 8 weeks, using my sick and vacation time. I then plan on going back part time for a month before returning to full time. I've been saving up to do part time for awhile before transitioning back into full time.

onewayticket · September 2013

Man, Canada! I want to go to there.

lollipoppoop · September 2013

onewayticket said:

Man, Canada! I want to go to there.

I wouldn't survive a winter in Canada though

jax63081 · September 2013

10 weeks. 8 will be paid by std and I will have more vacation time after the 1st of the year so I will probably use 1 week of that. I will only go 1 week unpaid if that all goes to plan.

bty19 · September 2013

I had no idea the US doesn't give a year mat leave. I honestly thought that was pretty standard. Man, the shit i dont know....

That must be really hard on you Moms!

notthecheat · September 2013

My work is very flexible schedule-wise but the benefits suck. I have about 5 weeks of PTO saved up that I will stretch over 6 weeks unpaid leave. Depending on how delivery and postpartum go, I may stretch it even further to 8 weeks unpaid leave.

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