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Yes, maternity leave is for the physical part of the birth. Also, I hope you change your mind and keep the baby. If you are talking about maternity leave, you have a job, so why not keep the child?
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Are you in the UK? If so I’m pretty sure you are entitled to a full years maternity leave but only the first 9 months are paid, also the payments decrease.
There’s not a lot of information about it to be quite honest, you will have to talk to citizens advice bureau.
PS. I’m not telling you what to do with your baby, but if you wanted to raise him/ her there are plenty of resources to help, training courses, childcare, financial assistance, housing, food/ milk tokens, support groups and much, much more.. You can raise your child if you wanted to it is an option.
If you’re not from the UK well, you can just ignore my answer! Best of luck Hun!
@Amyhpete, you can’t just get back to work a few days after giving birth..
My body was so strained I couldn’t move at my usual pace.
I had to change my trousers 4 times a day because of bleeding.
I’d sting like hell when I went to the toilet, I had to get in the shower to relieve the pain.
If I went back to work that soon after birth I’d probably hemmorage, my job involves moving heavy objects and being very active and standing up for 7.5 hours a day, I wouldn’t have been much use.
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Yes of course; you have given birth and leave is especially needed if you have had a c-section where you are not allowed to drive or do strenuous activity for a number of weeks
ETA: The law where I live says that two weeks leave post-birth is mandatory:
“You can choose how long you take off work for maternity leave, up to a maximum of 52 weeks. However, the law says that you must take at least two weeks immediately after the baby is born. If you work in a factory, you must take at least four weeks.”
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No. You won’t be home caring for a newborn. If you have a c-section to recover from, take sick leave. If you have an uncomplicated, natural birth, and you’re young, you could be back at work part time in a few days.
I was 21 when I had my first child on Thursday night (2 a.m. Friday). I went back to college classes at noon on Tuesday, such that except for leaving the Thursday class early in labor, I missed no classes at all. I was 24 when I had my second child. I was the only full time employee of a lawyer at the time and he had no kids and didn’t understand about leave. I went back to work in 10 days and was fine, even though I was, with my husband, caring for a newborn and a 3 year old autistic boy.
Only until the child leaves you, I would imagine.
You still get to take it until the doctor okays you to go back to work.
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You get the recovery part, not he take care of the child art, unless you will keep the child for the first three months.
Call the labor board of your state and ask them.
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