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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ no one finds out they are pregnant at their doctors appointment. It sounds like you knew you were pregnant, signed up for a short-term disability, delayed your doctors appointment a few weeks and are trying to get sympathy for attempting to game the system. You knew your company did not offer short-term disability. And you got pregnant knowing this and thought you could just sign up before it came to light. I mean it stinks for sure but I also understand the insurance company’s point of view[/quote]

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The greater point is this country's medical system sucks and we are completely unsympathetic to issues related to working and raising children. She is 100% right that this country is not pro-birth. A working woman shouldn't be sol for maternity leave. PERIOD. Her title is absolutely correct. I was an IT person and not a single place I ever worked was family friendly. High performing women were treated like trash when out on maternity leave and when they came back. I was a great, high performing employee and my customer was so upset when she heard through the grapevine that dh and I were doing fertility treatments to get pregnant that there was actually a meeting with my managers to discuss my desire to have children. It was so inappropriate. So many women where I worked did not have children because of the pressures from the job. If you wanted to move up into management, you would pay for it if you had children.

Op I'm sorry you're facing this. The people accusing you of gaming the system are idiots who can't see the larger problem. [/quote]

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