Before I got pregnant, for some crazy reason, I thought that maternity leave would be like summer vacation. Boy was I wrong. Maternity leave, in reality, is hard work – probably more difficult than my actual job. A seven-week-old baby is infinitely more demanding than a hormonal teenager. Here’s a look at a typical day [...]
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This is a guest post by Hellobee community member chastenet. Originally from Wisconsin, I came to France as a Rotary exchange student at the tender age of 16 and was hooked! I returned to the US to complete high school and then promptly came back to Paris for college. I met my French husband in [...]
In a nation that does little to offset the burden of new parenthood, at the very least, I’m glad I live in the state of California. I finally called my HR department to figure out how to file a claim for maternity leave, and if I choose, I can get a total of six months [...]
Now that I’ve been back at work for a few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my maternity leave (and how quickly it flew by!). I was fortunate enough to take a full 12 weeks after Baby H’s birth as well as a week before she was born, for a total of 13 weeks. [...]
Having been on maternity leave before, I can’t hide that I couldn’t wait to be on maternity leave again. Through the recent parenting around the world series, I’ve come to realize that child care can vary so drastically from one country to another, and even one province or state to another. I think we have it [...]
Today’s glimpse into maternity leave and child care in Mexico comes to us from Hellobee community member sloaneandpuffy. ~~~ Tell us a little bit about yourself. I packed up myself and my dog Puffy (RIP), and came here in spring of 2007 after realizing I was not having the life I had always dreamed of [...]
This is an interview with Mina of Mini Piccolini on how maternity leave and childcare differs in Sweden vs. the US. ~~~ I’m Mina. I am almost 34 years old and I live in Stockholm, Sweden with my husband Sumit and our little boy Alec, who is 16 months old. We are expecting Baby #2 [...]
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