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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent, my options were usually go to work sick or don't get paid. I actually had a cushy fed job with paid annual and sick leave. I saved and saved for maternity and returned with 3 days of sick leave, zero annual leave (had to run through annual leave before taking LWOP for maternity). That first winter in daycare, I think baby and I were sick for 5 months straight. I quickly ran through all my leave. DH took off nonstop to stay home with the baby, but I had to work. There wasn't an option. I spoke to HR who said I could go LWOP, but I was just a GS 11 and needed money to pay those daycare bills. I definitely remember vomiting from the flu at work. I stayed away from everyone and begged for telework, but I guess I just looked like a lazy new mom. Ended up in urgent care with pneumonia and had to take LWOP regardless. With my second baby, similar thing happened with that first winter AGAIN. We ended up flying in my mom to babysit my sick kids all winter. It's just hell. By the time Kindergarten started, we had no sick leave whatsoever. And I'd say that financially we're middle class, what can working class parents do?!

Just want to say that this year with covid, so far no one has been sick for an entire year. I can't even believe how high my sick leave balances are. [/quote]

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