https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:42:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-maternity-leave#post-26589 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:32:40 +0000 MamaMoose 26589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: it's comforting to know I'm not the only.crazy planner out there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-maternity-leave#post-26573 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:16:31 +0000 Shutterbug 26573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think about this all the time! In a perfect world, I'd get pregnant in July, due in April. This would be good for two reasons - I wouldn't be huge preggo in the hot summer months, and my mom is a teacher, so I'd be off on maternity leave for 12 weeks (April-June), then she'd be off for the next 10 weeks (June-August), so baby wouldn't have to go to daycare until 5 months or so, instead of 12 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-maternity-leave#post-26519 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:22:26 +0000 MamaMoose 26519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know once we start trying there will be no stopping me too!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-maternity-leave#post-26514 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:19:21 +0000 junebugmama 26514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did try to get pregnant at a similar time. We started trying in February, not because of the holidays, but I'm a wedding planner and it's a slower time of year for me. Needless to say it didn't work out like that. I didn't want to stop trying once we started and of course my due date is June 13! bahhhhh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-maternity-leave#post-26509 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:15:07 +0000 MamaMoose 26509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did/Will anyone else be trying to time their maternity leave? For me I would really like to be on maternity leave over the holidays. It will be great to have that time of year off to be with our families (who are far away) and to bond with my little one. And its a slow time for me a work which is convenient. I get 12 weeks of maternity leave, plus whatever accrued vacation I decide to add on. For the next few months I will ovulate right at the beginning of the month which means if we start trying on Jan 1 I would have the baby in early Oct and be on leave until early 2013. And if I get pregnant in either of the next two cycles it will still mean I start leave before Christmas 2012. But it is SOOOO hard to wait. Part of me just wants to start right this second because I know we're ready. And then I tell myself "hardly anyone gets pregnant on the first try... We should go ahead and get a month of trying out of the way." But then my logical side reminds we that having a month of trying under our belt doesn't actually make us any more likely to get pregnant the next month. And it's not like waiting one more month is a big deal.... but ahhhhhhhhhh its so hard!!! I don't know how my poor husband puts up with my craziness. </p>