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Doctor won’t give you a letter until maybe a week beforehand. You can let HR know when you expect to be put on disability but the paperwork can’t be provided until the week of. That’s what happened with my two pregnancies.
I went on leave prior to due date with all 3 in CA. Depending on the frequency of your visits, the doctor starts to tell you starting around 34 weeks what the plan is. In the case of my first I knew by 34 weeks what date my doctor intended to put me on leave. For my second, I was told at my 35 week appointment that I would only be working 1 more week. With my last, we knew I was going to be induced at least a week before with the chance of natural labor beforehand, so my doctor had told me at 30 weeks what my date was going to be. In all cases I was able to notify my firm and bosses, but ultimately nothing was official until I had the note from the doctor. And to be clear, it is a doctor's note that takes you off work, the disability is separate (but they'll help you).
Also, in case you were unaware, CA SDI takes a long time! In the case of my last kid, I didn't get my first payment until they were 8 weeks old (at which point I'd been off work 11 weeks).