we get a good chunk of vacation because of school holidays (but I work through the summer, and I'm bad about not taking all the days), but the maternity leave is unbalanced - the required FMLA, but if it crosses winter break, or spring break, it doesn't extend. it felt like I was losing days that people who scheduled their pregnancies better weren't. But. That's probably the case wherever, and I was just trying to stay out of work as long as possible.
Iris was born November 2004