Originally posted by spikerS
I am pretty happy with how maternity leave works in general, however, I would like to see it stretched a little bit so that both parents can be around for the first 3-4 weeks without it reducing the overall length of maternity leave.
For me, I took vacation time so I could be around for the first couple weeks after my daughter was born. I know I could have taken some of the mat leave time, but then it would have shortened the amount of mat leave available to my ex-wife. Ideally, I would have liked to have a 13th month added (for the other parent, forfeited if chosen not to be used), so both parents can sort out things during the first month without reducing the overall mat leave period, but not extending it either.
that would've been awesome if i could have stayed home with my family for the 1st month.
i actually didn't even know that maternity/paternity leave could be taken at the same time?
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