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I take 5 days of sick time, then I call HR and activate short term disability leave. I get 6 weeks at 80% pay for a vaginal birth and 8 weeks for a c section. I then get 12 weeks FMLA on top of it (it runs concurrently at some companies). That's just how it works for us

Same wait time for me, 6 weeks vag delivery and 8 weeks csection. So I got 4 weeks of STD paid at their cap weekly rate (because that was less than 60% of my weekly pay, they take the lesser of the 2).

@Mrs. Taco: Yeah. It's pretty lame. It seems entirely logical for me for the 6 weeks to start after the waiting period but that's not how mine worked. I also think it's ridiculous to have a waiting period after something so routine. It's not like there is a change recovery will be at light speed and I'll be back to work early and need a shorter time for disability! It's not like a pneumonia or something where it can be more wait and see.

For normal std plans, you do have to wait for th EP to end before payment begins. Standard is to pay 4 weeks or 6 for a c-section.

For me specifically, I has two weeks from my company, 4 weeks std, then 4 more weeks from my company.

@Mrs. Taco: I definitely was lucky with our disability plan. The company paid plan actually improves the longer you're there, but it's another 3 years before I get to the next level.

I will get 6 weeks for vaginal or 8 weeks c section delivery.

Our short term disability is 6 weeks for vaginal, 8 weeks for c-section. FMLA runs concurrent.

@Mrs. Taco: I am a teacher as well you need to make sure your doctor fills out paper work for you being out for 12 weeks in order for you to receive 12 weeks of STD....standard time for vaginal is 6...
My story I gave birth to my daughter 12/17 FMLA allows 12 weeks/60 days I had accumulated 38 sick days which I had to use first the equaled about 6.5 weeks of regular pay......BUT.....my doctor signed my FMLA paper work for 6 weeks soooo CIGNA which has my STD said I could not be covered for the remanded time........I was also told by my HR department that it didn't matter what was on the letter for time that I would have 38/60 days paid in full using my sick time that they make you use first and the other 22/60 would be covered at 60% with STD...well they were wrong!!!!
I was unable to use it....
Call your insurance that houses your STD and also you more then likely have to file a claim with them separate!
Hope you don't get shorted like I did!!!

I received 6 weeks of 100% pay, and had a c-section. The length was the standard contract length (ie, some plans are 8 weeks for c-sections, others are not), and the 100% pay level was due to my position with the company.

ETA: I had an elimination period of 1 week, which my company paid me for.

@Mrs. Taco: ok you know I teach too. I have a 2 week elimination period where I have to use all my sick/personal days (ten total) and then it's 4 weeks for vag and 6 for c section. I thought I could get all 12 weeks covered if my doc said so, but without an actual medical reason to be home (not bonding etc), the insurance company would not cover it. Since LO #2 is due at the beginning of August, I won't have to use any PTO days during the EP, unless any of our in service days fall during it.

NY State is 6 weeks vaginal with one unpaid waiting week. $120/week is the rate, I believe. Unemployment is more than that!!

@Mrs. Taco: DS was born 11/17, and I went back 1/21, so Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks were in there; unfortunately, I don't think I was paid for those, even though I should have been.

I know they had specifically negotiated this between the disability company and my employer. (Large employer.) Our reimbursement started after 4 weeks OR after using all sick time, whichever was later. There was a cap on the weekly amount and it was nowhere near my salary. The total "disability" time was 6 weeks for a vaginal delivery, 8 weeks for a C section. So, if you had 4 weeks or less sick time available, and had an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, you'd get 2 weeks of pay. I had a C section and had some complications so I ended up with about 6 weeks "paid".

As a fed gov employee, we get no maternity leave and can not claim STD. We have to use our sick/vaca leave, and that's all we get.

@ValentineMommy: my husband is a Fed Gov employee too and he's planning on taking 12 weeks off- all paid. I guess that means he's banked that much time over the years. He also says people gift or sell ssick leave to each other. Does that sound right to you?

It was 6 weeks but i had a 5 day elimination period where i had to burn pto days that ran consecutively. So really only 5 weeks paid.

6 weeks at 60% of my salary. I had to wait 1 week before it started.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yup - he's probably banked that much leave (I definitely haven't lol)! Our policy only allows us to use the donated leave for up to 6 weeks after a vaginal birth or 8 weeks for c-sec and that's only after you use up all of your own leave...you can't use donated leave unless you've exhausted all of your own leave. They don't allow donated leave for paternity leave in my region.

Totally depends on your company I think.

At mine there is a 5 day waiting period, covered by sick-time if you have it. Then you get STD for 6 weeks (well, 5 really after the waiting period) at 70%, regardless of the type of delivery.

Also, with our company, you have to use your sick time before you can get STD payments. So if you had 3 weeks of sick time accrued, you'd use that first, and then get an additional 3 weeks of STD payments (for 6 weeks total).