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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you should give consideration to the inconveniences of pregnancy before getting pregnant.  The mail lady has heavy mail pouch to carry, that is a different story.  Sitting at your de d k when you can get up and move about any time you like, get over yourselves.  [/quote]

Nobody is asking for anything for free, troll. OP is asking about using sick leave, and many offices are perfectly understanding that the end stages of pregnancy people can be effectively, if not actually, disabled. I worked up until the end of my pregnancy, and I actually got a strong vibe from some of my colleagues that they would prefer me to be home resting versus waddling around. Certainly everyone who had young children encouraged me to go home and rest up!

Good luck, OP.[/quote]

You are asking, sometimes demanding, special treatment.  We want equality in pay, but want special treatment for pregnancy, nursing, family friendly which means you can take off whenever you please to take care of your children.  If I pay your salary, the job comes first or quit.  Pregnancy is not a disease, it is not a disability.[/quote]

No one is asking to "take off whenever they please."  The attitude of "the job comes first or quit" is the line of thinking that forces bright, talented, trained, and eductated women out of the workforce.  Evey other industrialized nation has realized that this is a course of action that sets you back as a country and a culture, not forward.  Pregnancy, childbearing, and nursing are facts of life.  They are necessary fuctions for the survival of our entire species, and it is women who perform this function.  It is completely reasonable that accommodation for these conditions be made to support the health and well-being of the mother, the baby, and the family.  It IS special treatment because the condition is special, and we don't have the tools, protections, or laws in this country to accommodate this special condition, forcing the OP and countless others to forums like this to brainstorm the alternatives available, like disability.  Stop picking on the OP for asking for guidance, or inferring that she is lazy or a welfare case.   [/quote]

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