Crappy Mothers Day

[Adia]

Glad you aren't offended.

I wasn't at all referring to the workplace or government. What we saw was only human interaction tendencies. When DH was in the Navy and docked in Australia he had a 'cultural awareness' class before he could get out and run around. What they told him in that class was in contrast to some things we are used to in the USA and set a tone for us and what we saw. Had he not had that 'awareness' training we may never have picked up on those things. He had those types of training on numerous countries and every country has its unique customs and traditions!

I would love to write a 'cultural awareness' class for where I live. It would be hilarious...not necessarily in a good way!!

IMO, the USA would be a much better place if we got maternity leave like Canada or Oz....6 lousy weeks is what we get, vaginal or c-section. It's a complete joke and a huge contributing factor to a lot of issues in our society.

I should clarify: I think American women are lucky and don't always realize how lucky they are...I didn't mean it to sound like we have better luck than others, because in many ways, women in other countries have the opportunities that I wish I had, but never will while I am living in the USA.

[WantingPink]

Adia do you work for a small company? If your company size is over 50 then you get 12 weeks total maternity leave (FMLA). You get 6 weeks of disability for a vaginal birth and 8 weeks of disability for a C-section. In California you get the 6 (or 8) plus 12 weeks so 18-20 weeks total leave. Not sure who your employer is but you need to look into it if your company size is over 50. It is a federal law.

[Princess of Pink]

Wow 6 or 12 weeks is just not enough! So many women are still struggling with feeding and sleep at that stage. We are really lucky here with maternity leave etc.. to be honest the average Australian mum can stay off work until their youngest starts school and get paid Family Tax Benefits by the government if they want to. If hubby earns too much you don't get anything and it's not a massive amount of money (once the maternity leave pay ends) but a lot of families with a few littlies find themselves better off staying home when you factor in childcare costs. I stayed home after baby #2 until #5 was 6 months because we were better off.

My work has it's own 6 months paid maternity leave on top of the government's but it is flexible so after 6 months I plan on returning to working 4 days a week until the 6 months runs out (130 weeks) and still get paid full time wages. I just have to get pregnant first lol...but don't tell my family I'm trying for #6 cause I will never hear the end of it!

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