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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, but dealing with the same (or similar) issue!  Would it make a difference to you all if the job you were applying for was a government job?  I'm at a cushy private sector job where I would get about 6 mo leave, and hoping to jump ship to a government post.  And also, incidentally, I'd been planning to start TTC for #2 about now (before a few other job opportunities cropped up).  [b]I suppose I need to do more research on government maternity leave[/b].  If I go to a private firm, I hope I'd have more ability to negotiate a full maternity leave, but I doubt I'd be able to do that at the government (and they are less generous with family leave in the first place).  What do you all think?[/quote]

If you are talking about federal government, there is no such thing as "maternity leave."

If you can stick with your job long enough to take your paid leave, I would (and did) do that.[/quote]

I know, that was my plan!  But then I got an interview at a dream job.  I know I'm being silly--I haven't been offered the job, nor am I pregnant.  But on the one hand, I think, if you keep putting off getting pregnant b/c you are interviewing, and don't get the job, that could go on forever.  On the other hand, what if I get the job and am faced with taking the job, telling the bosses i'm 2 minutes pregnant, and basically having to squat out a baby and get back to work (I'm exaggerating, I hope...)[/quote]

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