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@mediagirl: fiscal year company?

I would have taken unpaid time as well, having no vacation is rough.

I wish I had asked more questions about short term disability. I actually got hosed out of an entire week pay My benefits administrator gave me the wrong information so we had less $$ than we thought we would and had to pull from savings.

Thankfully I was able to make it work so that I had some PTO when I returned. We accrue time through the year which makes it a little easier.

I would have tacked my overtime onto the end of my maternity leave, instead of having had it pay out. I had to pay taxes on it, which was ridiculous, considering it could have been another month or so off.

i would have started pumping more regularly to have a bigger stash. but i HATE pumping.

I would have slept more and taken looots more pictures. I can't believe how few pictures I have of those first few weeks, and most of the ones I do have are just phone pictures. So lame.

My work wouldn't let me take unpaid time without first burning through all of my vacation time. I had no choice but use it all. The kicker is that I saved 1 week of upaid leave to use right before LO's first bday. And guess what?? If I want to use it, I also have to simultaneously spend down all of the vacation time I just accrued. Had I known that, I would have just returned to work a week later. I'm also waiting for July 1 for my sick time to reset. Blerg.