Hope everyone is doing well!
So I am already thinking a out maternity leave as I'm a planner so like to have a plan even though I am only 8ish weeks and haven't actually told my work yet!
Has anyone taken shorter than normal maternity leave? Is so what was your employers reaction?
With my first i was planning on taking a year, but unfortunately was made redundant whilst on mat leave and found another job after 7 months so had to cut my mat leave short. Looking back it was actually for the best!
I'm now in a job I absolutely love, and my mental health struggled when I was off last time (severe post natal anxiety, which wasn't diagnosed until I returned to work)
Through counselling its become very evident that I need a routine for my mental health to be in a good place, so I am thinking of only taking a short period off. I also have a significant amount of leave being carried over to next year so was thinking I could use some of this to shorten my weeks etc (pending employer approval!)
Just interested in other people's thoughts and opinions
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Swimgirl83 · 28/10/2020 17:06
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