DH wants parental leave - am I just being selfish?

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I don't think you should make the decision too soon.
I know that briggsy's girl has worked at centrelink so i would support the information she has given you. don't forget you can't overlap by anymore than 2 weeks, and there is still a maximum period of combined leave of 12 months for the majority of professions.
You both need to be considerate of your employer even though you are legally allowed to have the time off. Your partner can have as much annual or long service leave during this time as he likes.

your first 4 weeks of leave will possibly be without child so bubs might be 20 weeks old when you return to work. I went back to work when ds was 5 months old, at that time I was expressing 3 times a day at work, which gradally reduced as time continued. If you do plan to go back to work after your 24 weeks paid leave do as much research as you can into expressing. some people also experience some difficulty in expressing.

dh recently had a co-worker take parental leave for 6 months, he was back at work after 1 month

oh and mums need time for bodies to heel, hormones to settle etc etc