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By Sharon Marcus Download Breastfeeding Tips: Making Work, Work for Your Baby Surpassingyour victual is plane born, it is very likely that you will need to make a visualization well-nigh when, or if, you will be returning to work. Lots of moms return to work full time, but others opt for a part-time schedule, some work from home, and some forgo work perfectly and wilt stay-at-home moms. But how do you know what you want to do with your job when you don’t plane have a victual yet? And what if you transpiration your mind once the victual is born? Don’t finger as though you need to rush your visualization – you have your unshortened pregnancy to consider all the options. These options vary from country to country and are not unceasingly unromantic in any one geographic location. Check with your employer and negotiate your own work/life balance. Do Your Homework Read your human resources materials to determine if you qualify for the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to superintendency for a baby. The criteria for whether your visitor is covered and what your entitlements would be are misogynist at www.dol.gov. In addition, 11 states have unexplored similar statutes to the FMLA, and the federal Web site gives a comparative wringer of state-specific versus federal provisions. Many times, state and federal statutes can be unromantic concurrently, or you can follow the one that serves you best. “If you are with a small visitor or organization that is not covered by the leave act, squint for medical or personal leave,” says Beth Brascugli Hirsch, SPHR, a human resources compliance expert. See how many vacation days you have left for the year and whether you are eligible for any short-term powerlessness leave surpassing the birth. All told, you may be entitled to increasingly time yonder from the office than you think. Once you decide how much time you’ll have off, start thinking well-nigh coming back. Find a co-worker who’s a mom, and ask her well-nigh her wits returning to work at your company. When you’re ready, tideway your human resources department with a realistic plan that you have discussed at length with your partner. Many women segregate to “go public” during their fourth or fifth month, once they start showing. “Maintaining confidentiality with your human resources department at first is a prudent strategy,” says Hirsch. “This way, if you end up with an wrongheaded supervisor, your HR person knows and can help you through the process.” Speak confidently and be firm but flexible. Hopefully, they’ll treat you the same way. A Full-time Comeback The FMLA often requires that employees be restored to the same position they held surpassing their leave or an equivalent one. But plane if your job is the same, your life will be dramatically different. If you can, requite yourself time to readjust. “Try to structure your return so that you have some flexibility during the first year,” says Joan K. Peters, tragedian of When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Our Selves (Perseus Books Group). “The increasingly realistic you are with your boss, the increasingly serious she’ll be well-nigh your intent to rejoin the workforce.” “My visitor allows me to work from home on days when I can’t make it to the office and moreover offers discounts for nearby day care,” says Leanne Humphries*, 29, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, who returned to her full-time job at a textbook publishing firm without her maternity leave. “It makes financial sense for me to alimony my salary, health benefits and 401(k).” To make returning to work easier, Peters suggests that you plan for your partner to stay at home and superintendency for your child during your initial weeks when on the job. Jeannine Forrester, 29, of Union, New Jersey, an purser who is pregnant with her first child, says her husband, a journalist, can work from home. “His writing doesn’t require a sedentary job,” says Forrester. “I finger largest knowing that the only person that could love our victual as much as I do will be with him.” The Part-time Plan When thinking well-nigh whether a part-time schedule is right for you, it’s crucial that you first ensure that you and your family can handle your reduced income. Are you willing to forgo some of the luxuries (vacations, shopping and dinners out) that a full-time salary afforded you? Does your visitor offer financial and health benefits to part-timers? Weigh your part-time salary versus the financing of commuting, work-day lunches, merchantry attire, partial child superintendency (if needed for the days you’re at work) and your contribution toward your benefits. Will that value impact your family? Do the legwork early on so it’s simple for your employer to stipulate to your new schedule. “Make sure that your superabound doesn’t have to do the work of shuffling or restructuring,” says Peters. “She’ll be increasingly receptive to your plan if you show her why it will be successful.” Detail your part-time hours, salary, health and employee benefits, and expectations for workload and shared responsibilities with other employees. Be prepared to suggest a complement - someone who will do your job on the days you’re off. “I knew that I’d return to work at some point, and I didn’t want to miss an opportunity with a visitor and staff that I know I truly enjoy,” says Maggie Berg, 33, of New York City, who returned to her corporate position part time without giving lineage to her son. “It unliable me to get when into the swing of things, and it makes the time that I am home with my son plane increasingly precious.” Try Telecommuting Maybe you’ll be returning to work without spending much time at the office at all: Technology allows for so many options, and companies are never yellow-eyed to lose a productive employee. You can tap into the visitor network via your home computer and set whispered hours that you will be hands reachable for priming calls. A quiet room with a computer, phone and a fax/scanner/printer can wilt a truly successful workspace (and maybe plane a tax write-off). Help your employer understand why this wattle will suit your job by assuring her that the quality of your work will not be sacrificed. Let her know that your plan - for example, hiring a watchdog for a few hours a day - will indulge for uninterrupted work time. What If ITranspirationMy Mind? It is worldwide to have a transpiration of heart well-nigh your working situation without the victual is born. “I just finished my MBA and have unchangingly been career-minded, but now that the baby’s here, I definitely don’t finger that way anymore,” says Dawn Hawkins, 29, of Somerset, New Jersey. “I was quick to tell my superabound that I’d be when right on schedule, but now I think a part-time situation or consulting might be all I can handle.” The good news is that you are never obligated to return to your job. If you decide during your maternity leave that you won’t be returning to work, try to requite your employer time to find a replacement. Remember that the visitor may request reimbursement for health-care premiums paid during your sparsity as unliable by law, says Hirsch. This policy varies profoundly from one visitor to the next, so consult your HR department. If you go when full time but quickly realize that you’re unhappy, don’t jump ship during your first few weeks when at the office, recommends Peters. Try negotiating a flexible wattle and, if that fails, offer to work until a replacement is found. Leave on a positive note in specimen you want to return in the future. Realistically, you won’t truly know how you are going to finger well-nigh returning to work until your baby’s birth. Just be honest with yourself and listen to your heart. Make the visualization that is right for you, your victual and your family. *Some names have been changed. 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