Sentences with phrase «much maternity leave»

If you want to find out how much maternity leave you are entitled to, you could take a look at your contract or talk to your boss or human resources department.

So how much maternity leave should you or can you take?

The second of my breastfeeding tips is to take as much maternity leave as you can after your baby is born.

Not exact matches

Imagine too that you can barely afford your health insurance, much less days off for doctor visits, and your employer doesn't offer any paid maternity leave.

I have never heard money cited by a friend as a reason not to have kids but we have generous maternity leave entitlements and protection for our jobs in our country (Australia) so maybe that isn't so much of an issue here as in other countries.

How we feed our babies is often influenced much more by our social location - if we can afford professional help, if we get maternity leave, if we go back to a job with flexibility, if we have a partner to help - than by our choice or effort.

The biggest decision is how much time to take for maternity leave.

If you're hoping to take time off work for maternity leave, check out how much you'll be paid over this period.

While there are many practical and important reasons that mothers would want to spend some time at work before their maternity leave is up, it makes me wonder how much parents are willing to adjust their lifestyles in order to have children.

After 8 weeks of maternity leave, when I got back to work, initially I tried to get to my baby to nurse her once during the day, but it affected both of our day time routines so much that I started pumping while at work instead.

Just a thought - if you have that much free time, perhaps you can start a grassroots movement for a longer paid maternity leave.

I went back to work shortly after the birth of my first child, and though I tried to build up a network of mom friends on my maternity leave, I didn't have much success.

It's not that I didn't dress myself when I was on maternity leave, it's just that pretty much everything I wore was equipped with lots and lots of elastic.

Women at home on maternity leave should definitely be informed that their babies will be much more comfortable breastfeed, and we all know that a comfortable baby helps Mom be comfortable.

When I was home on maternity leave, I used to produce SO much milk.

(Typical maternity leaves are only 6 to 8 weeks, which doesn't allow much time to get comfortable with breastfeeding.

All working moms who have to — or want to — return to work after having a baby can tell you exactly how much time, down to the minute, they have left of their maternity leave.

Instead of quitting my job, because I wasn't guaranteed to get it back after maternity leave anyway, I would have gone into labor much less stressed out.

I worked as a Carer and it became too much for me and very heavy so have been off work for two weeks but have had no choice but to have two more weeks off and I officially start my maternity leave on 3rd August.

So much for a relaxing and fruitful maternity leave.

Without infant formula, legions of mothers would have a much harder time going back to work, especially in a country like ours with pitiful maternity - leave policies.

And absolutely, the problem is SO MUCH BIGGER than one person's choices: the amount of misinformation floating around out there (and the amount of it that comes from otherwise intelligent, highly trained medical professionals), the lack of help and support for new nursing moms, the lack of adequate maternity leave in the US (in Canada, where I live, one can take up to 50 weeks» leave with unemployment pay), the persistent idea that dads «need» to bottle - feed their babies in order to bond with them, the idea that formula is «normal» and breastfeeding is «best» — in some places it really seems like you'd need a will of iron to keep at it when the going gets tough.

It is working for us, but that could change at any point, and would likely be different if I was not lucky enough to be taking an extended maternity leave (which is still much shorter than what you lucky folks in Canada and the rest of the world get...)

Kristan — «It was really hard, I avoided them as much as I could and was more relaxed when their maternity leave had started....

I did use all the milk produced on my maternity leave, so I was not pumping as much as he needed, but we were OK.

And she is much more likely to either have knowledgeable breastfeeding support in her social circles or, if the breastfeeding specialist - to - mother ratio is similar to that of a wealthy nation, those breastfeeding supports are not having to compete with rampant cultural influence from formula companies and other cultural breastfeeding hurdles, such as unpaid maternity leave.

And you'll have much more opportunity to observe various strollers in action once you're on maternity leave and hanging out at the pediatrician's office or mommy yoga classes.

I took 9 weeks for maternity leave and pumped and froze as much milk as possible during those 9 weeks.

I'd also recommend talking to your employer BEFORE you go on maternity leave about time and space for pumping... they will be much more cooperative when you come back if you prepare them ahead of time

Following the magic of giving birth, feeling those happy - making endorphins, and taking a much needed maternity leave, some unspeakable things take place.

While it is far from perfect, today's maternity leave is much better than the nonexistent leave of decades» past.

Needless to say, this experience was nothing like the first maternity leave — there was no napping (for me, and never for them at the same time), and there was not so much Netflix, as I had put a limit on the TV.

(I know you may think I'm crazy with all this travel, but we're having to much fun with the girls, and I've got to embrace the time while I'm on maternity leave!)

I purchased all the baby stuff I needed and everything is set now, so these days I enjoy my maternity leave and I'm trying to get as much rest as I can so that I'll be fit for birth.

But reasons like lack of maternity leave, lack of affordable day care, lack of job training, and unhappiness with the 24/7 work culture - well, those aren't getting very much airtime.

They include a huge $ 15,000 annual daycare bill when Kimberly returns to work from maternity leave next fall, a much bigger mortgage when they buy a larger home in a couple of years, as well as the $ 1,000 a year that they contribute to their kids» RESPs annually.

If you're having a year or two where you're making much less money than normal — say you're on maternity leave, you lost your job, or you're backpacking around Asia — you might want to think about pulling some money out of your RRSP.

Perhaps you are planning to start a family and your current company doesn't offer much by way of maternity or paternity leave, so you might need a little extra stashed away to help your new life as a parent start out strong (a little less emergency, and more regular savings).

Our tax burden was lower than planned for because of several reasons, including getting sweet new tax deductions for having a baby, making less money because of the maternity leave, and our decision to shove as much money as possible into my HSA (Health Savings Account) and our Traditional IRAs.

BHRR's Carlsberg's last intensive rehab session at Alta Vista Animal Hospitals Specialty Services shall be on the 19th as his fabu and much adored rehab angel Nancy is going on maternity leave.

There's part of me that sort of regrets not being home when Elodie was a baby (aside from maternity leave), because I see how much more of my attention and love James is getting every day than Elodie did being in daycare from 5 months to almost 3 years.

The guide covers subject matters such as maternity leave and benefits, guardianship, naming and registering, adoption, parental responsibilities, and First Nation / Métis Nation membership and much more.

The firm offers a number of programmes which make the transition of returning back to work after maternity leave much smoother.

When you're preparing for maternity leave it's crucial that you find out exactly how much money you will need to spend once you have your baby.

To begin setting up your maternity leave budget, you'll need to decide how much time you'd like to take off.