Did you know? If your mental health is not well as a new mommy..

Will I still have my job or can they fire me? I currently in therapy but I have stress over my return date and I’m afraid to get fired if I don’t get better soon

@Artemisa great question! FMLA is a job protection so you are protected for the 12 weeks. If you go beyond the 12 weeks you do not have that protection, however I would check with your employer sometimes there’s employment contracts that have additional time off approval, ask HR, are you part of a union? It has been my experience that it just depends where you work. Please feel free to schedule a call with me. Wish you the best of luck.

I’ve been thinking about going on disability as I have been unwell since pregnancy. I wasn’t able to work and haven’t been able to seek work because I am not well. But at this point I don’t know how to get approval because it’s not been two tax seasons without work. How would they determine what I would receive in disability payments?

@Meghan I get it. Circumstances can make the brain 🧠 feel out of sync. Are you being treated by a licensed professional? That would be your first step. You can call and ask the state disability department to see if you have funds

Does anything like this exist in NY?

@Zara Hi Zara, I did quick search and it NY is one of the states that offers it. If you have a Mental Health provider you are working with I would ask them.