Horrible maternity leave

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Jan 27th 2007, 12:22 pm

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gardnma

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Re: Horrible maternity leave

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Originally Posted by AlienUk

Lol luckily I'm pregnant now, medical will be covered on my SO's insurance, and I will be getting a total of 11 months full pay from the UK....Even stuff like being able to take as much sick leave as I want to like I can here while pregnant doesn't seem an option there...

I honestly don't know how the hell we really managed..........but somehow we did.....

Congrats BTW.

Jan 27th 2007, 12:28 pm

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AlienUk

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Re: Horrible maternity leave

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Originally Posted by gardnma

I honestly don't know how the hell we really managed..........but somehow we did.....

Congrats BTW.

Thanks

I had actually planned to go maybe next year or so, then have a baby in a year or so.
Didn't realize I won't be able to work in the USA for maybe 3-4 months, add job hunting, I'd be lucky if I was working in six months...Then to go on maternity leave a year after that??
Funny how things work out for the better, this way I'll be able to have the first six months off with the baby and no worries, and then another 6 months to find a job at my leisure

Jan 27th 2007, 12:54 pm

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Neathborn

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Re: Horrible maternity leave

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Originally Posted by Shahlax

I will check out my state. How long after the birth did you come back? Was your daycare near to your workplace? We used to have a daycare just down the road that all the women have used but they moved to another location so now the nearest one is a bit further so I'd have to take the time to drive over there.

I took 8 weeks, then went back to work part-time for a while. Again, it wasn't ideal as the job I had wasn't one that easily converted to part-time, but my boss was willing to work with me. The daycare wasn't close to work. I worked in Minneapolis, but lived in a rural area south of St. Paul, which was an hour or so away. However, the daycare was within walking distance from our house and OH worked from home (but did lots of local travel), so he was the one who did the lion's share of taking care of the kids when they were sick, dropping them off at daycare etc. etc. (and did a fantastic job, I might add).
I could not nurse my child at work, only at home. However, being able to pump at work meant that I was able to feed her in the day, albeit indirectly.

Jan 28th 2007, 5:30 am

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snowbunny

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Re: Horrible maternity leave

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Originally Posted by BritGuyTN

no probs, what you describe is so different from what i see here (and different from what i seemed to see in the UK), aside from my comments about female friends, the guys I know who WANT their wife to be at home all want it so they and the house are looked after, and actually tend to be on the sexist side of the fence rather than the caring for the kids welfare - hey cook my dinner and make sure my shirts are ironed - not joking

Sounds like you know a lot of selfish people (and I guess some would paint all Americans as selfish) but honestly I don't know many people like the ones you describe. This is probably due to the fact that I can't stand people like those you describe.