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I looked into this because I thought about leaving my job this year. I wanted to make sure I was covered under my new employer. I heard that you have to be with a company for a year for you to qualify under FMLA...aka maternity benefits. So they aren't obligated to give you benefits. (Also, I think FMLA, secures your job while you are on leave.) Although, maybe your company might make an exception if you do need maternity benefits. (I'm not sure about this.)

(I do know a friend who just started her job and found out she was pregnant about 2 months later. She's a teacher, so her benefits might be different. She apparently didn't have any issues getting benefits.)

I guess you could start a job but you would have to wait 3-4 months to start TTC, since by the time you give birth, it will have been a year.

Sorry about your job situation. I've had some changes in the past month. I'm hoping to stick it out for a year.

I plan on leaving my current job in about a year... I hope to get pregnant and use my company's amazing maternity benefits and then leave. (Well, that's my plan at the moment.)

From the US Dept- FMLA website:
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/fmla.htm

"Employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles. Whether an employee has worked the minimum 1,250 hours of service is determined according to FLSA principles for determining compensable hours or work."

@mrbee: Hehe, I had to look it up. Apparently, my company has 4,000 employees worldwide. I think it's 2000 or so in the US.