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Join our Blog Carnival on Paid Parental Leave. We want to post your #workmom stories of taking maternity leave with your babies. Was it a paid leave? How did you arrange it? How did you spend your time-the real stories of lack of showers, sneaking peeks at your Blackberry or returning to work faster than you thought you could or would? Send your blog post to webeditor@workingmother.com.
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I never had paid maternity leave. I had the basics of job protection but to get any income during leave, I had to use my sick days and vacation. Two of my three boys were born early in the calendar year (January and February) when I hadn't accrued enough sick or vac ... Read more...
In 2006 I was working for a Fortune 500 national retailer in their corporate marketing department, writing snappy headlines about the latest fashion trends. It was a fun job – one that, as a widowed mother of a three year-old daughter, I felt lucky to have. I enjoye ... Read more...
I have to say, I spent the first part of my maternity leave in a sleepless daze. At the end of four weeks, my husband took a week-long business trip, and my sweet mother-in-law came to stay with my newborn son and me. Early that week, my postpartum anxiety set in, a ... Read more...
We have asked moms how they used their maternity leave and whether it was enough. At the Working Mother 100 Best Companies all women are given some length of pa ... Read more...
Two weeks of paid maternity leave. That’s all I received from my employer for giving birth to my son last October. I know two weeks is more than many women in this country get for maternity leave, but I’m a teacher. You would think in a profession ... Read more...
I can’t believe that it’s been eight years since my first maternity leave. It loomed so large for me at one point — and not just because I was about to give birth. I remember spending months prepping my team and boss at the weekly magazine where I worked, spending w ... Read more...
I lucked out with my first pregancy with my son Jack who was born on June 22, 2009. I had just gotten promoted to Compliance Manager right before I found out I was pregnant, so it was a pretty stressful time for me. On top of a promotion and being pregna ... Read more...
