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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you do intermittent FMLA?  So go back for 3 days a week or something like that.  Then you'll get some of your pay check but will still have siginifcant time home with your baby.[/quote]

Maybe it is pregnancy brain, but I don't know why this hadn't occured to me.  I will see I can do this. The other wrinkle is that our daycare spot doesn't open until the baby will be 12 weeks or so.

To answer PP re finances--we had been saving agressively, but had some unexpected expenses which ate up a good chunk.  I am contributng 12% to my TSP (it used to be 14%) and I increased my allotments (automatic transfer to savings account from paychecks).  We continue to contribute a lot to our savings but won't be able to do this once I am LWOP.

My husband will be on leave, but he still has to show up to work 1 day a week.  So, we have to figure out how to cover the gap when I go back to work and when the daycare spot opens up.  I am hoping that spacing LWOP/paid leave/part time will help.

Thanks! [/quote]

If you are contributing a lot to savings then USE YOUR SAVINGS!  You won't regret it.  That's what savings are for.  I took 3 months off completely unpaid (plus some paid time) for both of my children and it cost me thousands (and we're not rich) but it was well worth it for all of us, and particularly for my own mental health.[/quote]

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