Ah, the question so few of us ask when interviewing for a position. Why? Because you might be marked as one of those women who actually wants to have children but needs to work to support those same children, someone who might need to take a few months off after delivering a bowling ball and then will dare to return to the workplace. And then, even if you end up on IF island, you're still marked.
Why is this an issue? Because I had my second OB appointment yesterday. (Yep, 12 weeks. Pinch me. Sorry, but I'm still waiting for the sound of the proverbial other shoe hitting the floor. But back to the point at hand...) Because the office computers were down, they couldn’t access anyone’s medical records because they computerized every G.D. record. So my appointment was delayed by 35 minutes. And that means that I had to stay late or take half an hour sick time. No big deal, right?
Well, due to the overwhelming generosity of my employee (I work for a state agency), I receive a whopping 10 days paid maternity leave. That’s right, 10 days. I know that’s more than some women get, but give me a break. And any more time than that is at my expense; to be paid, I have to use whatever time I have squirreled away. And of course, being that FOUR IUIs hadn’t worked and we figured we were at the end of our fertility road, I have used almost 100 hours of vacation time this year, including two weeks this summer. This would be shocking only if you realized that I NEVER take vacation time, let alone two weeks in the same three-month period.
So now, 30 minutes makes a difference. Keep your fingers crossed that the computers stay up for the rest of my visits.
