Maternity leave ? Can someone please guide me I want the most time possible

You get 4 weeks before your due date plus 6 weeks after baby is born. You get another 2 weeks if you get a c section. This is your short term disability. It can be extended by your OB if needed (ppd, complications, etc). After your OB stops renewing your disability you can take paid family leave. That is 8 weeks total and can be taken all at once or in chunks over the course of the first 12 months after your baby is born.

thank you for that

The most you can take is about 5.5 months (4.5 months after birth) if you want a continuous block of time, unless you have complications. So that’s 4 weeks before due date, 6-8 weeks after birth, then bonding (8 weeks paid, 4 weeks unpaid—the unpaid portion can be paid for by your work if your work supports it and you have the PTO).

thank you I’m getting induced so I start maternity leave at 34 weeks since I can’t fly anymore and this whole
Thing has been confusing

I worked up to my 38th week and the following week I did my pregnancy disability of 6 weeks. Then once that ended I did my 8 weeks baby bonding. And the last 3 weeks I am unpaid. Totaling to 12 weeks of fmla. You have the cfra for another unpaid protected leave of 12 weeks. The only way I think you can try to get disability is if you’re sick or if baby is. I’m planning on using 3 weeks of my cfra for my baby’s surgery and recover and the remaining I’ll use for her first year and last few once she gets her second surgery.

For pregnancy disability leave PDL (4 weeks before due date + 6-8 weeks postpartum) - your OB submits some paperwork to EDD, and you submit the online application on the first day of your leave. You’d inform your employer beforehand though (with the Ob’s note) so they can coordinate with your work’s HR and the HR coordinate with EDD. Then once last paycheck from EDD PDL comes around you can then submit online application for Paid Family Leave (PFL) which is aka bonding, then your 8-12 weeks start PFL immediately after the PDL. Hope this makes sense

But if you have complications in postpartum then your Ob can extend your PDL portion so you can delay applying for PFL if that happens

Thank you