I had 1 week off before, 9 weeks after.

DH had two weeks off (though half the first week was during the 78 hour labour!!) and then at the end of my 9 weeks, DH took 12 months unpaid leave.

He's just gone back to work, and we're deciding what to do when #2 arrives next year

It's awkward timing for us, because I can't afford to take 18 weeks off work in my industry (and am lucky enough to get 12 weeks paid leave from work!) but DH won't be eligible for PPL *or* 12 months unpaid, because he won't have been back at work for long enough ...

so we'll probably take the baby bonus instead, I think.