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3rd maternity leave

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Postitnoteme · 01/11/2025 09:58

In a nutshell, I’ve been at the same employer for 11 years. During this time I’ve had 2 children and 2 maternity leaves. One of those about 9 years ago and one about 5 years ago. We are considering a third child but the one thing I can’t shift out of my head is how I will be perceived at work.

am I being naive if I think this is ok to do? What is your honest thoughts on this? Am I being unreasonable to think I can continue a career with this company after returning from a third leave period. Note that I don’t plan a 4rd maternity leave.

not sure if it matters or not but I am well thought of at work and I pride myself on delivering quality work.

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Zippidydoodah · 01/11/2025 10:01

Don’t give it a second thought. If you want three kids, you’ll need three maternity leaves! It’s not an unusually high number of children.

CosySeason · 01/11/2025 09:59

I’ve known women have 3 maternity leaves back to back. Don’t worry about it.

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