Haha, my DH is the opposite of both of yours, @jakobaby and @GraceUponGrace09. He LOVES being home from work. He likes his job (police officer), but he loves his time off more! He always jokes that his biggest dream in life is to be retired. I always tell him, "You're 31. Time to find a new dream."
My SO still hasn't even asked about his company's policy. The only thing he will tell me is that he plans to take some time off. No clue if that means a day, a week, or what. Come on SO!
I’m lucky (well in the US anyway) to get 12 weeks paid leave. My company actually offers 12 weeks paternity leave too. Since I’m single I’ve contemplated asking if I can take the paternity leave too! Pretty sure that wouldn’t go over well but it makes sense to me!
DH's company doesn't give any official time off (they get 1 sick day a year... woo) but when DS was born I think he took a full week off (4 days of which we were at the hospital). But once we were home, for the next 2 weeks or so he would help me overnight/in the morning and then straggle in to the shop for a few hours. October is busy for them but they were pretty understanding, and by comparison January tends to be dead, so the real challenge is more likely to be being allowed to work what hours he's up for and not having them declare the shop closed for three weeks like they did in August.
I worked full time at NASA until my second son was born in 2015. I’m a SAHM now and I love it. I’ll be a SAHM for a few more years until this baby (our last) is 3 or so and then I plan to pursue my PhD for a few years before restarting my career.
My plan for after baby comes unfortunately revolves around clearing my teaching my credential though the state. I am planning on working until the Friday before my due date to make the last credential meeting of the semester. If I don’t make it I have been told I won’t be able to clear. I am taking six weeks then going back to work. I have to burn through my sick days and then I have to pay for my sub...$135 a day. After I get the credential cleared in May I plan on taking Family Bonding till the end of the school year. For the time inbetween we have family flying in to take care of baby. We are very lucky and grateful everyone is willing to help out.
After the summer DH and I have not decided on what we are going to do. Childcare is so expensive and I would really like to stay at home with baby for a year or two. We just have to crunch some numbers and figure it out. At least the credential will be cleared and if I want/need to keep working I will be able to.
I went back to work after my first and my second. I was an elementary teacher, and got 12 week maternity leave. I am now a work-at-home mom and will be staying home for an 18 year maternity leave with this little one. Not gonna lie...it makes me nervous! I've never really been with a baby for his entire first year! My husband also works at home now, so this dynamic will be interesting!
My job is miserable but the family benefits cannot be beat. I have unlimited PTO so my last day of work will be December 22 (I’m due Jan 20th). I will get 12 weeks maternity leave at 100% (14 if I need a c section). I’ll probably be going back to work afterwards but my husband is open to me staying home. Things might be tight but we would get by. I’m torn because i don’t know if I’m the SAH type or if I’m just enticed because I hate my job so much ...
My husband is a teacher and gets 2 weeks paid paternity which was so great last time. I’ll also be on leave for his February and April vacations so that’s 2 more weeks together ♥️
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After the summer DH and I have not decided on what we are going to do. Childcare is so expensive and I would really like to stay at home with baby for a year or two. We just have to crunch some numbers and figure it out. At least the credential will be cleared and if I want/need to keep working I will be able to.
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My job is miserable but the family benefits cannot be beat. I have unlimited PTO so my last day of work will be December 22 (I’m due Jan 20th). I will get 12 weeks maternity leave at 100% (14 if I need a c section). I’ll probably be going back to work afterwards but my husband is open to me staying home. Things might be tight but we would get by. I’m torn because i don’t know if I’m the SAH type or if I’m just enticed because I hate my job so much ...
My husband is a teacher and gets 2 weeks paid paternity which was so great last time. I’ll also be on leave for his February and April vacations so that’s 2 more weeks together ♥️