https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:33:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736620 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:45:05 +0000 Bookish 1736620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiger: You can use it for bonding time. Technically only the first 6 weeks of my FMLA was for 'birth,' because my doctor released me to work at 6 weeks. The next 2 were bonding, and I've continued to use FMLA over the past year, because it covers FMLA-related events for a year. So yes, you should be able to use it when you become eligible. The 8 weeks might not count towards that. Definitely check with your HR, but that should be the case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736618 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:44:39 +0000 MrsKRB 1736618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so, I think you would need to be working for the entire year, those 8 weeks wouldn't count towards it. I know in CT it is 1 year AND 1250 hours worked... or something like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736604 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:40:07 +0000 HappyBaker 1736604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: that is such a helpful document! I swear your google must be better than mine! :-) thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736598 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:39:20 +0000 MaryM 1736598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/</a></p> <p>Maybe you don't have to take it right at birth. It says "within one year"</p> <p>But I would assume they would still count the MMLA against the full 12 weeks of FMLA. But it would be worth asking about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736585 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:35:55 +0000 MaryM 1736585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.umass.edu/usa/mmvsfm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.umass.edu/usa/mmvsfm.htm</a></p> <p>It looks like if you take MMLA first, then the only way you would be able to take FMLA is for the remaining 4 weeks if you were qualified (and you'd have to take it concurrently)</p> <p>I doubt they'd let you double dip, but you could always check with HR. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736579 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:34:12 +0000 HappyBaker 1736579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Ah ok, I thought there was a version of FMLA for "bonding" not just childbirth. Guess I need to weed through what's out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736578 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:33:41 +0000 HappyBaker 1736578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: ugh...I just looked at the calendar and 8 weeks of MMLA would bring me within 2 weeks of being eligble for FMLA. Maybe baby will just be that late? </p> <p>@cmomma17: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736575 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:32:42 +0000 MaryM 1736575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For FMLA, a doctor usually has to provide proof that it's necessary, so I don't see it being possible to use it because you gave birth months ago. I'm pretty sure it has to begin when the medical necessity begins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736568 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:31:01 +0000 ShootingStar 1736568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty sure they run concurrently. If I remember correctly, MMLA only helps you out if you work for a business that wouldn't have been covered by FMLA. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736567 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:30:46 +0000 cmomma17 1736567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know anything about MA or MMLA, but at my work (in VA) the FMLA had to be consecutive so 1 day a week for the year wouldn't have been allowed. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-take-fmla-after-mmla#post-1736561 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:28:32 +0000 HappyBaker 1736561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started a job a few months ago, and live in MA. Baby is due in January, and I won't be eligible for FMLA until March (1 year since my hire date). </p> <p>I know that in MA I can still take 8 weeks of MMLA since I'll have been here at least 3 months by then, but I'm wondering if its possible to take the 8 weeks of MMLA immediately after birth, and then use the FMLA once I'm eligible? So maybe I'd go back to work at 8 weeks, work for a few weeks, and then either take more time off all at once or even just pick one day a week to use as unpaid FMLA for the rest of the year?</p> <p>Leave is so confusing! </p>