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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in a similar position and I've toyed with the idea of submitting some applications while on maternity leave, but we have so many changes coming up this year - new baby, a move, new home, new town (not leaving DC - just changing burbs), new daycare - that I don't think switching up jobs just before or just after the birth is a good idea. Even if the new job is fewer hours, when you're new somewhere, you have to prove yourself, be on call a bit more often to show you're reliable vs. being able to just maintain the status quo at an old job.

So I've decided to hold off on looking until I've been back from ML for a couple months. That's less stressful for me, even though the current job has its own stressors. Another factor to consider is whether you'll be required to back pay any leave or employer contributions to benefits if you don't return from you ML. A lot of places have return clauses on their ML benefits - if they continue to pay a portion of your health insurance even while you're out on unpaid leave, you may have to back pay that if you don't return to your job for at least a few weeks. [/quote]

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