So I found out today that there are quite a few "fine print" clauses in the Siemens maternity leave policy that basically mean I take a MUCH shorter leave than I had been planning, or we run up all kinds of debt trying to make ends meet while I don't get paid for a couple of months.
I know some of it is probably hormones, but for some reason, I am finding this news completely devastating. It makes me feel like a bad parent already, and we haven't even gotten started screwing this kid up yet! I just can't stand the thought that we'll only get 6 - 8 weeks with him and then will spend the rest of our lives only spending time with him evenings and weekends...
I know daycare never killed anyone, and that it's nearly impossible to even own a home without two incomes these days. I guess this is just the first time I really understood what that meant for our situation.
Guess I'll start playing the lottery....
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Oh, honey! That totally sucks! GOD I hate this stupid country with our RETARDED lack of a federally funded leave policy. Have you asked HR/your supervisor about alternatives? At my old company, most of the departments were willing to negotiate a few weeks or months of working part time, or doing a couple of days a week "from home" or other options that could make the leave a little longer or at least make the transition back to full time more gradual. I wish I had better advice - but I was such a wuss about it that I basically drove us into everlasting debt because I could not face going back to work even at 12 weeks. But having said that, I do have SOOOO many friends who had to start daycare earlier than that and whose kids are totally thriving. Baby Chemay will be the same way.
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