Today I presented my plan for maternity leave to my Dean. I will find out soon if it is approved. Yes, I could easily take FMLA time and stay home, but I prefer to not be so broke I can't breathe since FMLA time is not guarenteed to be paid time off.
Instead, my plan is to only be on campus a couple of hours a day in order to teach my classes and spend the rest of the day at home with the baby. This will help in several ways. First, I won't have to worry about losing three months of pay--I can use my accrued sick time to "pay" for the hours I won't be at work. With all the costs associated with adoption, and babies in general, we really need to have my full income. Secondly, this allows me to feel less like I'm abandoning my other children (my students), so I can enjoy my time home with baby even more. When I return to work, I will only have a couple of weeks of working full time before summer vacation starts and I can be home with baby 24/7.
There are many other reasons why this plan works for us and baby, my students, and for my employer. So, everyone cross their fingers that this will be approved!
In other news, hubby and I were tickled pink with joy when Birthmom asked that he be at the next sonogram appointment so we could all learn the baby's sex together!
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