I only discovered today that the
National Postdoctoral Association published “A Postdoc’s Guide to Pregnancy and Maternity leave”.
It’s a short guide that tells you all the things that you should keep in mind
before, during and after your pregnancy as a postdoc. That’s incredibly
helpful, because as a postdoc you’re not a student but regularly not a real employee
either, so it’s often vague what your rights are concerning things like
maternity leave.
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The only slight flaw that I could
discover is that they list ‘looking for childcare’ as something to do after the
baby is born. In our case that would have been way too late. Our university
only has one childcare center with about 12 spots for babies (!), so we were
smart enough to put our names on the list when I was only 8 weeks pregnant. The
daycare center knew I was expecting before my close friends did, just because
otherwise we would probably not have got a spot.
Anyway, go and check it out if
you’re a postdoc and pregnant or considering to get pregnant.
So long and thanks for the fish,
National Postdoctoral Association!
Wow, what kind of advice is waiting until after the baby is born to find childcare? Everywhere we looked at had a 6 month minimum wait. Once place even had an 18 month waiting list! I realize that is going to vary by region, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
ReplyDeleteYes, every childcare place where I live had at least an 18-month wait list. Shocking.
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