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MATERNITY LEAVE HELP

Posted: Sep 12, 2011

I am an independent contractor MT who works from home. I am having a baby after the first of the year and was wondering if anyone else has had a baby while working from home as an MT and if so, how long did you take for maternity leave? I have asked my company what is common and have been told that it varies from person to person. They act like they do not want me taking the full 6-8 weeks maternity leave saying that the baby sleeps so much during that time and usually the mom doesn't need that much time to heal/recover. I keep thinking to myself that maternity leave is not necessarily all for recovery, but to bond and become adjusted. I am beside myself on what to do. I love my job and do not want to lose it or upset my company because I take too much time off, but I also want to be sure that I have no regrets later that I did not have enough time with my baby. Any advise/support/information on how you done things would be appreciated.

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Maternity leave - sm

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I have a 6-month-old and I started working 2 days after I came home from the hospital. I did not have to, but got bored when she was asleep. Before I had her, I was working a very demanding supervisory job, but had to let that go for a less demanding position. The pay is about half, but I knew I could not give the baby what she needed and do a good job supervising. I guess it depends on how you feel when you get home. I have never had baby blues or anything like that and healed pretty quickly afterward. If you can afford to, take your time is what I say. If your current position won't give you the time you need, jobs are a dime a dozen, so find a new one when you are ready to go back. Congrats on the bun in the oven and defintely take the time to enjoy the baby, as it goes by so quickly!

maternity leave - ke

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I say take what time YOU think you need. I planned for 6 weeks and good thing. I ended up with en emergency C-section. Then about a week later, I was back in the ER and ended up with a horrible bout of pneumonia and was down and out a while. You just never know what can happen.

Babies are only babies for so long and the company is not going anywhere, is it? Six weeks isn't that long out of the many years we must work. Take what YOU want, not what your company wants.

maternity leave - MT

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You have the right, as in a LEGAL right, to take time away from work to spend time with your baby. I, myself, also started working a day or two after coming home from the hospital. When I worked in-office, I took 12 weeks, but because I work at home and my work is flexible, I continued to work right away because as the other poster said, I got bored when the baby was sleeping. I too am pregnant and due in March, and my plan is to continue on with my work as soon as I'm home from the hospital. If you feel you need the time, then take it off; however, that's the beauty of being at home because you can continue to work without taking time away from your baby. They are so tiny that I for my last three babies, I would let them sleep right on my chest while I worked. You could buy one of those snuggler back pack things that hold the baby in front of you and keep the baby close all the time if that's what you would like to do.

With my first, I took 3 days total. With my second, - I took 4 weeks.

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The four weeks was not actually because I needed 4 weeks off for the birth (emergency C-section, which sucked), but because my husband was in Iraq while I was pregnant and I had moved 1100 miles to be closer to family. He got back about 2 weeks after the birth and we needed time to pack up my stuff and move back near the base. It really depends on what you want and how your job schedule is. Mine is deadline oriented, so I can get my work done whenever, as long as it is done on time. If your work is flexible, like mine, you might want to go back sooner, or you might not.

I work with a lady who did this as an IC -sm - Zorro

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The first time she took 2 weeks, the second time only a week. As an IC you do not have the luxury to take the min. 6 weeks, they do not have to provide "benefits" to you or hold your job. Presuming they are willing to have someone cover your work I would not take more than 3 weeks. You bond with your child every time you feed them whether breast or bottle and a routine is pretty easy to establish. They are right that baby's sleep most of the time, so the first couple months they sleep a lot, when they get older you set the nap time(s). I started doing MT when my kids were toddlers, 3-1/2 and 1 (almost 2), then I just worked when they slept, not difficult to do, though of course very tiring. At six weeks a baby's sleep pattern changes and that is when if you get really lucky they will sleep thru the night (my second one did at six weeks, I was jumping for joy as I had no nighttime feedings and could get at least 6 hours of sleep at a time. ---Talk to them and see what they are willing to do, but I would be very surprised if they agreed to more than 2 weeks. Good luck and congratulations.

maternity leave - mt

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I was an at-home MT while pregnant and starting working 2 days after I got home from the hospital, mainly because I was bored. My boss was kind enough not to hold me to any certain line count for the 6 weeks, just told me to do what I wanted. By that time, the baby and I had a pretty good routine going and I felt comfortable giving more hours to work. Congratulations and good luck!

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