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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it literally says it can't be used to care for a healthy child, which is what you'd be doing.  Correct?[/quote]

I think it's poor form, but no. She can only use it during the first 6 weeks following birth. That's the part when you're not healthy. The 6-8 weeks of sick leave you can use is for your recover, not the baby's.[/quote]

I'm an adoptive parent, so I have zero experience giving birth.  But I've always wondered about the 6 - 8 week thing.  8 weeks is a really long time.  I don't think that people get to take 6-8 weeks paid sick leave after other pretty major surgeries.  Is giving birth really that much harder to recover from than those other things?  [/quote]
I mean, I was still bleeding quite a bit at 8w after my first vaginal delivery...

And yes, 6-8w after other major surgeries, esp abdominal surgery, is not uncommon. But yeah, probably all those doctors approving 6-8w of post-partum leave don't know what they are talking about  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

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