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@glorytothefather2245 Yes, I do qualify for the national standard unpaid FMLA policy.

@catholickid96 Alas, my company is closed on weekends. Although… not sure I’d want to sacrifice a Saturday when I already have a LO at home. Good suggestion!

@nenji No myth, this was the situation with my first pregnancy too. The first was a planned induction scheduled on a Saturday and I worked the full Friday before. At least I didn’t have to report to the hospital until 6:00 PM on that Saturday, so there was some time for last-minute preparations...

@fallinofftheedgetoday Mmm, I don’t know about “generally” doctors doing that. My first pregnancy was a planned induction, and I worked right up to the Friday before having to check in at the hospital at 6:00 PM the next day. I certainly don’t want to work, but I also don’t want to not be paid...

@thevaliantx Aw, thank you!

@christhepenitent You’re 100% right. I think there’s just so much stacked against us that we don’t know how to overcome it. American businesses don’t want to pay us to have time away with our babies, and our government isn’t pushing them that they have to.

@bso66 I’ll have 4 vacation PTO days before going to the hospital! I’m trying to use them to end out that week, so technically my leave would start the following Monday.

@ellisjay2 Right, the insurance company that handles short-term disability leave had mentioned that my PTO needed to be exhausted before leave would kick in, so that’s why I was submitting for PTO a day ahead and I’d use PTO on the days my hospital stay begins. When I mentioned that plan to the...

@walwinter Yes, so this would be my taking vacation PTO prior to my leave starting. This was a plan I had run by the insurance company that handles short-term disability (since my company doesn’t have a paid maternity leave policy and FMLA is unpaid) and our HR rep, and no one seemed to have an...

@orachii Thank you!!

@orachii Right, my understanding after talking with the insurance company that handles short-term disability was that my PTO should be exhausted prior to my leave beginning. At the time before my leave, I’ll have 4 full PTO days to use, so… I don’t know, I guess I will talk with HR today.

This is just so bizarre to me, and I’m not sure if I should push and ask about this again. I’m 36+4 weeks pregnant with my second child and my planned c-section date is fast approaching, which will be when I’m 38+3. During the week of the end of May/beginning of June, I was trying to get...