How long is your oh taking off work?
The title says it all..
Is your oh taking his paternity leave and how long etc.
My oh reckons that he doesn't want to take pat leave as we will be losing money and just take 3 days holiday after baby is born. I think that losing this little bit of money won't compare to him taking his pat leave and spending time with our baby.
What does everyone else think and what are you planning on doing?
xxx
32+2
Is your oh taking his paternity leave and how long etc.
My oh reckons that he doesn't want to take pat leave as we will be losing money and just take 3 days holiday after baby is born. I think that losing this little bit of money won't compare to him taking his pat leave and spending time with our baby.
What does everyone else think and what are you planning on doing?
xxx
32+2
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xx
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carly 33+5
My will be taking two week, one week mat leave and the next week as holiday.
K xx
18+3
He is however taking 1 week totally off, no phonecalls emails etc (so he says!) and has put some money aside for this. He then hopes to work from home for 1 week on limited stuff- will be avaliable for phone/email etc but still be with us.
Then depending on when baby comes my Mum will come for 1 wk and then his Mum for 1wk.
I think its just as important for him to bond with the baby as much as me and Id hate him to miss the first few weeks of little beans life.
Im lucky I guess but we have saved for ages xx
beccie 37+4
I think he's deciding now to take a week paternity then a week at work then a second week paternity then back at work as normal and just use holiday from then on when he wants it.
xxx
I mean yeah you miss the money but a couple hundred pound here or there really if you look back in 20 years time what are you going to remember the money or the memories - that's how I put it to my OH.. He is saving his holidays again for it this time.. but what helps is he does 4 days on 4 days off so if he books 4 days off he has 16 off if that makes sence?
I know everyone can't do it because if you just can't afford to live there is not much you can do about it.
3 days might seem like a while off but of course it depends on your experiance hopefully you'll have a really easy and lovely labour (and fingers crossed for me too)
maybe say if your in hospital 2 days one for labour and one the day after just cause you might need observations or whatever that only leaves you all 1 day at home - hon he might just simply not relise that you'll need that time?
xxx
[Modified by: it_must_be_love on March 08, 2009 10:49 PM]
My oh took 2 weeks off with tegan, this wasnt paid as he hadnt been working there long and this time he is having 2 weeks off stat paternity pay, but has the option of taking holiday aswell if he needs/wants to xxx
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Lisa.
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18+4 x
The problem we have, is that my OH is an accountant, and I am due to give birth right on year end (April) so appart from the fact that his company would be screwed if he took too much pat leave (he is THE company accountant) it would effect his bonus and things too.
I do wish he could have longer with me and the baby though.
Nx
35+1
Do you know in Canada you get a year between you to take off! I think the paternity rights in this country suck!