Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Timing

I am really excited about my upcoming insemination in September - praying for my first and only!

However being who I am, I have to look forward into the future (not yet promised) ...

If I get pregnant from my September insemination, then I will be due late May-early June. Pretty convenient for the end of the school year. I will get 16 weeks of maternity leave, which means at full term delivery, I'd be going back to work toward the end of September.

Here's my dilemma: after I give birth, I don't think I want to stay in my current city because this is not where my real support system is. However, I want the maternity leave that I have earned, and clearly if I were to move sooner, I would not earn enough time in my new job for paid maternity leave.

I'm feeling a bit torn about this. Would I return to work in my current city after leave and give my two week notice? Then work two weeks and relocate (in this scenario I would probably "actually" relocate much earlier - as in right around the birth - and get hired for a new job to start after my last two weeks.) Is that unethical? How long would I need to stay post-leave to feel ok about it? Why am I worrying about this before a BFP? (answer to that last question is the C in OCD which makes it hard for me to do things without a plan in place. Especially something this big!).

Help please!

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