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How long was your maternity leave?

  • poll: How long was your maternity leave? Was it paid or unpaid?
    Less than 6 weeks : (4 votes)
    2 %
    6 - 12 weeks : (63 votes)
    35 %
    3-6 months : (26 votes)
    14 %
    6 - 12 months : (22 votes)
    12 %
    More than 12 months : (8 votes)
    4 %
    PAID : (28 votes)
    16 %
    UNPAID : (29 votes)
    16 %
  1. beckysue

    cherry / 186 posts

    6 weeks pd
    3 weeks vacation
    3 weeks unpaid

  2. Somebunny

    cherry / 231 posts

    6 weeks paid. My mom and I run a business together and I felt it would put too much stress to leave her longer than that, but I get to take DD to work with me so that kind of makes up for it.

  3. fussygal

    pomegranate / 3580 posts

    16 weeks (8 on disability at 60%, 4 weeks fully paid, and 4 paid at 50%)

  4. msmug

    apricot / 403 posts

    I haven't taken my leave yet, but it will be 14-15 weeks paid at 100%.

    8 weeks STD
    2 weeks of Parental Leave offered by my firm
    4-5 weeks of PTO

    I have the option to take more weeks, unpaid.. But we need the income.

  5. bunnylovesbear

    kiwi / 600 posts

    As a school teacher, the max I'm allowed to take one school year off and be guaranteed my exact position back or two full school years and I'm guaranteed a job in my district. However, we are granted six weeks paid (using accrued sick time only) with a vaginal birth and eight weeks paid with a c-section.

    With my last pregnancy, I took off Sept-Dec but was only paid for 40 days. This time I plan to take off a little more...Oct-Feb with 40 days paid. In order for the school year to count towardsy retirement/yearly raise/etc., I need to be present for 90+ school days....so I'm basically taking off the max I can without losing the year.

  6. Sapphiresun

    nectarine / 2220 posts

    Maternity leave specifically was 17 weeks partially paid (55% of our salary up to 500/week).

    Then 35 weeks at the same rate, but it's called parental leave and can be split between parents as we see fit. I took it all

    We're then allowed to take an additional year unpaid, but they must hold our position, but I didn't do that, so my total leave was 1 year and two days.

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