Nice to hear of others considering this ...

We might not have a choice. DH has been out of work for almost 12 months now ... it's ridiculous ... not that he's not trying or anything though ... tonnes of applications, tonnes of turn downs. So annoying.

So we're already living off 1 income which is hard. I really want to stay home for at least 6 months but if DH doesn't get a job soon then I won't have a choice. Though while I am on maternity leave I might look for another job (my current job is driving me crazy and I can't wait to take my ML ... whenever that may be).

The only think I am grateful for at this stage is that with my ML I can take paid leave ... 14 weeks @ full pay or 28 weeks @ half pay, up to 12 months off total (obviously some would be without pay by then). So I figure that if I have to take full pay then I would have to go back to work when bub is about 3 months old.

DH would love to stay home but he also knows how much I want to stay home for a while also. All our fingers and toes are crossed that something comes up soon.