ckwtime asked:
I work part time at a small hotel. I don’t think I will be getting any pay on my maternity leave. I have been saving a littl, but I’m not sure how long I should take off. My co-worker said she took off 3 months. I thought that seemed like a lot. I was thinking about 8 weeks at most. What did you do for income when you were off, or if 1st time mommy like me…what are you planning to do?
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I work part time at a small hotel. I don’t think I will be getting any pay on my maternity leave. I have been saving a littl, but I’m not sure how long I should take off. My co-worker said she took off 3 months. I thought that seemed like a lot. I was thinking about 8 weeks at most. What did you do for income when you were off, or if 1st time mommy like me…what are you planning to do?
huge money
By law you get 6 weeks, paid if your employer does pay maternity or no pay if they don’t! If this is your first child, you most likely want atleast 6 weeks. If you have a C-section maybe longer. I went back early with all my children (3) at 4 weeks. As far as the income if you are not paid, well, check and see if you or your spouse, boyfriend, donor have short term disability. It will help if you do. It pays you on your leave Hope this helps
I am planning to be off for 12 weeks..but I’m not sure if that’s possible, I’m trying to figure out how long the money we have can last us. I don’t want it to get so tight around the house where we can’t afford anything, so I may have to go to work earlier than I want and expect to. I know in some states there are programs where the state can help you out financially and with daycare when you go back to work, so if you don’t think you can afford it, I would try talking to someone at your local Dept. of Human Services. Good luck with everything and congrats on the baby
I’m a 3rd time mommy, and here’s my plan. Our finances are extremely tight, and my income is about half of what we bring home.
Not easy, but that’s what we gotta do! I don’t think my company pays anything during maternity leave either, in fact most in the US don’t. Best wishes!!!
We planned ahead and picked up AFLAC for the pregnancy to help out, but I’m only taking off 2-3 weeks, then it’s back to work for me
This is my second child. I get maternity pay for a while and my husband is well paid, so I can afford to take a whole year off. That’s obviously not a possibility in your case.
From my experience with my first child, I think you need to give yourself 8 weeks after the baby is born at the very least, if you can afford it, and preferably a bit of a break before you have the baby as well. Your baby will still be very demanding at 8 weeks of age and coping with going back to work while still learning to look after a baby who’s constantly changing and going through growth spurts would be really hard. By the time the baby is three months, things start to get a little more settled and you might even get some reasonable, if broken, sleep each night. Good luck.
We get a year off in Canada.. Not sure if it’s all across canada but in Quebec you do. They give you 70% of your salary for first 18 weeks then it’s 55% for the rest of the year. Or something like that.
Fathers get 5 weeks paternity leave.
i live in brazil and here the law makes the employer pay you 120 days (4 months) full salary of maternity leave.
I am planning ahead and saving money now. I will get paid 1 week of vacation that I have saved, then will get 60% of my pay for 6 weeks under Short Term Medical Leave, then will take an additional 6 weeks off with no pay under the Family Medical Leave Act. If I have any extra vacation time saved, I can cash it in for a partial paycheck during that second 6 weeks.
My husband could also take off 6 weeks with no pay under FMLA when the baby is born, but instead will schedule a few weeks paid vacation spaced out over a few months.