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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a State employee. Here are some things you should know:

-You're not technically eligible for FMLA until you've been a fed for a year. Now, I've always seen accommodations be made for newer employees, but it's not necessarily going to be what you want (a friend was only granted six weeks off total for instance -- all of course unpaid)
-As others have said there's no paid maternity leave with the federal government. You can combine accrued sick and annual leave (which you won't have much of) and also take a loan from your future leave. We wary of this though -- there's nothing worse than having a new baby at home and desperately needing a break but not being able to take one because you're so in debt with leave. I'd do LWOP (leave without pay) if finances allow.
-With State you CAN apply for leave donations for maternity leave. However, you have the best luck getting donations from friends and colleagues, and as a new employee you won't know enough people to be able to count on getting much donated leave time -- although you will likely get at least some from anonymous donors.

Good luck![/quote]

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