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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I can completely relate to this feeling. I'm a new mom that doesn't have baby here yet, but the idea of "leaning in" just makes me want to check out professionally. I give 100% at work and love what I do, but I believe sometimes priorities need to adjust for seasons, and this is a case where it is acceptable. On top of that, I am in a graduate program so will likely be taking a leave of absence from that too.

It took so long for baby to come, and now that it is getting close, I just want to cherish the time and give my 100% to her. At least until she is a little bit older!

Not that people can't do both or more (work, school and parent), but why does it have to carry such a professional stigma? I wish corporate america were more family friendly in general, like other countries are when it comes to maternity leave and starting a family.

I feel like you have to prove people that you aren't lazy when you are pregnant. When really - you ARE feeling lazy, tired, sore, and irritated --  but it's only because you are pregnant and doing work all the time in making another life!!! I know we CAN do both, but not sure that we always SHOULD do both.

Sigh.
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But you want to get paid like you are doing both, right?[/quote]

Umm..no, I didn't say that. You said that. 
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So, how can corporate american be more family friendly?[/quote]

Allowing longer maternity leave periods would be one great example. 12 weeks is not that much time for many moms. Many take less. Many have time and can't risk taking it for job security. Some don't get any maternity leave and have to save all of their vacation and sick leave. Many people don't have flex time, telecommute, etc. options once baby is born to help with the transition back to office.

A 12-month maternity leave period is common practice in other places (Europe, Canada). I think its great that there are countries where working professional women can take paid maternity leave for up to a year, not go broke for doing it, and have someone come to your home to assist with caring for baby, and then return to their secured position. How wonderful would that be? Of course, it would come with a cost, but it would be nice to have the OPTION and a corporate attitude that even supports something like that here in the U.S.

Of course there are other things that could be done, and many companies do have family friendly policies in place, but everyone doesn't always have access to those types of situations. At the end of the day, I think it would just be nice to allow an opportunity for a mom to have a more supportive corporate environment if they want to step away from the rat race for a minute - then come back to what they did well before without penalty or stigma for stepping away.

Most women can't do that because of the challenge in fighting to move upward, then needing to protect and preserve that spot, esp. in a male dominated industries.  [/quote]

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