I'm going to inquire about unpaid leave of absence or working from home. I really find it so hard to think about leaving two 12 week old babies in the care of someone else but I know I can't not work for 6 months straight... especially with two little ones

Lack of sleep isn't going to work. I drive for a living as in it is my entire job and I only got 6 wks. You have to have some sort of legitimate medical reason. Like high blood pressure post delivery infection etc...

Lack of sleep isn't going to qualify you for additional leave because all new parents have that! Breastfeeding twins probably won't either. It would have to be some kind of medical condition. Can you take any unpaid leave after your paid leave is up?

My husband is an emt and us regularly sleep deprived working nights and staying home with with our kids during the day im not sure its something you can get disability for. Im glad we dont have the option for a year because i wouldnt have been hired at my job if there was a possibility i would actually have taken it. Something between nothing, which too many ppl get, and a year would be optimal imo.

I'm

Wondering if lack of sleep impacting safe driving would work?? I'll have twins which I'll be breastfeeding and commute pretty far ... I wonder what else I can write on there.. im hoping for a smooth natural delivery ... but yes, 6 weeks paid and if I have doctor sign the paper they will pay another 6 weeks at 70% and if I can convince them they will go all the way to 26 weeks. But I won't get the form

Until I actually deliver and apply . It's so upsetting that other countries give 1 year... it should be the norm everywhere !

Most doctors won't certify longer than want you actually need, for no reason. It's 6 weeks for vaginal and 8-10 for c-section, depending on how quickly you recover. In my state you can also use STD before the baby arrives as it

is considered a disability. I was just written off yesterday bc my job is strenuous and I caught a killer cold and can just not function at all!

If your doctor recommendation (i.e. np pushing, pulling, lifting, etc.) interfere with your daily job functions, then you can get the short term disability. I work at an amazon fulfillment center, and the second my doctor fills out the paperwork for me to have those restrictions, ill be forced onto STD. I dont want that, so im just not having my doctor fill out the forms since he says those recommendations arent 100% necessary.

I am currently living in Germany and it breaks my heart to hear that you have 6 to 8 weeks maternity leave, here we have one year and in Portugal, my home, we have 5 months.

I hope your doctor can give you the papers.

You would need to have complications that prevent you from working in order for your doctor to sign off on it. It's not something you can just write in. But maybe ask your doctor and see if there's anything he/she can do.

My understanding is 6 weeks for vaginal birth and 8 for cesarean section. I think thats standard unless you have something that is preventing you from doing your job arise, like needing bed rest, etc.