With ds dh had almost 8 weeks off. This was as his birth co-incided with christmas leave (dh is in the raaf and is forced to take off a certain amount of time over christmas). With this babe he is expecting to take off 4-5 weeks. We planned our babies so that dh could save up his leave so he could take a decent amount of time off and plus he is lucky to get 2 weeks paid parental leave.