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Congratulations!!Yes, the US’s lack of nationally required PAID maternity leave is frustrating at best. It’s wonderful that the Netherlands requires 6 weeks BEFORE and 12 after. Is it paid? We get 12 weeks job protection (able to return to same position) by our Family and Medical Leave Act but it is unpaid unless your employer offers some pay for it and/or have short term disability insurance. I got 8 weeks paid from my employer and STD with a little over a week paid by my remaining PTO. My last 3 weeks were unpaid. Since I had used part of my FMLA in June last year, only 8 weeks of my 12 were protected under FMLA and the rest were a personal leave. I am not going to lie, half expected them to make negative changes to my job before I came back since it wasn’t protected. My friend was basically pushed out of her job because 6 of her 12 weeks after delivery were not FMLA because her supervisor made her start it earlier in her last 6 weeks of pregnancy because she was having preterm labor. We don’t have obligatory holiday either unless offered by our employer. I am so jealous of these things in other countries. Anyway, I worked up until delivery, which is basically expected in the US. I work at an OBGYN clinic and there has to be a really good medical reason for a doctor to put you out of work before delivery and it can take away from leave after delivery. 12 weeks is not enough for after. Medically, 6 weeks is given for a vaginal delivery and 8 for a c-section for recovery. Those who do not qualify for FMLA or whose employer doesn’t offer maternity leave or don’t have STD, they may not get much leave at all and no pay. I delivered at 34w4d for both my kids, spontaneously for my first and induced with my second. Every pregnancy and individual is different but some women deliver around the same time, whether before or after their due date. Only about 10% of women actually deliver on their due date. Not sure how doctors work in other countries but our doctors get nervous if their patients get more than a week overdue due to increased risks. Hopefully, that was pertinent to your post. I could go on and on given my employment.
Yes, the US’s lack of nationally required PAID maternity leave is frustrating at best. It’s wonderful that the Netherlands requires 6 weeks BEFORE and 12 after. Is it paid?