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No idea what country or state you are in which makes a huge difference in advice but:
1. Have you requested a WFH exception due to an ADA request and started the FMLA process and then deal with deciding to stay or leave after the birth? We do this with many pregnant employees and allow a temporarily WFH. Without knowing they couldn’t actually move or come into the office you can explore that option so you don’t lose maternity benefits and can job hunt when you’re home with baby and figuring out if you want to return at all. You can also ask for an extension if WFH after baby is born by saying generically you live too far to breast feed etc. Lots of work around.
2. Be mindful if you start at a new company you may not qualify for both maternity paid benefits through the company and you 100% won’t qualify for FMLA job protection because it’s less than 1 year, except in certain states. So make sure you take this into your financial consideration. Management cannot fire you for being pregnant so as soon as you disclose, your same sentence should be I would like to request paperwork for FMLA. This sentence will not work for a new company as the benefit won’t apply, only current company.
+1 to this. I considered a job switch when I was very early on in my pregnancy (currently in month 9), but ended up deciding to wait because I wouldn’t have qualified for maternity leave or any protected leave (like FMLA) because I would have been at the company <1yr. Just make sure you are super informed about what changing actually means with respect to any benefits. (It’s less about perception and more about physical functionality and capability in my mind.) Also think through whether this could cause you to have to change your medical providers, if that matters to you.
6 months after starting is plenty of time to get the lay of the land for your role, and to transition things that need to be transitioned. I wouldn’t worry about it.
100%, I've seen multiple people go out soon after joining in different organizations I've worked at. Depends on the health of the organization, but it's not automatically a bad thing.
Push to stay remote. Check out @themamattorney on insta for info on your legal rights while pregnant and as a new mom.
Can your current company require you to move though? I would recommend pushing to find ways to stay remote in your current company.
I did that when my company went back in person and I was able to stay remote. I did have to get creative and make a push for it but a lot easier than finding a new job
More than likely you won’t get maternity at your new job. Maternity is insurance and usually requires 10 months to be eligible