I'll be going on maternity leave in a couple of months, but I work for a startup that doesn't really have a distinct policy. I figured I'll plan on 2 months since that's standard, but wondered if women in here thought 8 weeks was enough time? It doesn't seem like enough to me but I've heard people say they were happy to get back to some kind of routine out of the house, etc. so Idk. I think my company wants to try to cover me for that time so I need to give them a heads up.

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With my first baby, I had 13 weeks and that was absolutely not enough time. 12 weeks is actually the standard and I was definitely not ready. With my second baby, I was at a Big 4 and took off 7 months. I know that’s a very generous leave, but for me, that was just the right amount of time. I’d say try for 12 weeks and see if they agree. If not, maybe 8 weeks off and return PT for the remaining 4 weeks.

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Depends on how the delivery goes I think. Sometimes the recovery takes much longer than others, if you have a fairly simple delivery 2 months sounds okay

8 weeks isn't even close to enough.

We just had our first. Initially planned on 3 months. Extended to 4. Then 6, with last 2 LWOP. Plan for more time than you think you will need.

I had 12 weeks with both my kids and that didn’t even scratch the surface of how much time I wished I could have gotten. I was also told by my coach that was a lot of time but it’s not even close. I wish I would have gotten 16-18 weeks like my friend did.

Also see if your state has disability and/or paid parental/family leave. Could be a good guide. Generally 2 weeks before birth, 6-8 weeks after depending on delivery and then it’s a wide variety of 2-12 weeks on average with some going even further than 12 for paid parental leave.

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