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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in DC so not exactly sure about VA law, but there's "Medical FMLA" and "Family FMLA" and both are 12 weeks at the federal level (for me in DC we get 16 weeks each). My doctor wrote my medical leave for "minimum 6-8 weeks" and I applied and was approved for the 6 weeks. (If it changes, I just need to resubmit a doctor's note saying I need more weeks.) After that 6 weeks, I'll start my "Family FMLA" which for me in DC will be 16 weeks, for a total of 22 weeks.

If you can take medical and THEN family leave (meaning they don't overlap), you would use a doctors note for 6-8 weeks of medical, then get another 12 weeks. So not quite your 6 months, but it guarantees your job when you return. At my job I can take "extended leave" for longer but there's no guarantee I get my job back after. Only you know your employer and whether they are likely to wait for you to return or dismiss you after FMLA runs out.

My best guess is that you do 6 weeks of medical FMLA on short term disability.
Then do 8 weeks of paid employer leave on family FMLA.
Then you could take 4 more weeks using either your own accumulated leave or unpaid, maxing out your 12 weeks of family FMLA.
After that it's not job protected.
You could also ask or hope your doctor will approve you for more than 6 weeks of medical FMLA, but they'll need a reason to document and you wouldn't know that until after you give birth.[/quote]

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