'Desperately sick, the prognosis was bleak, and we were encouraged to have the girls baptised because their condition was unsurvivable.'
Belfast Council is to give maternity leave provision to its workers who are mothers of premature babies.
It means any leave required from delivery date of a premature baby by parents will be considered compassionate leave and not reduce a council employee’s right to standard parental leave.At present all employees in the UK have a statutory right to 52 weeks maternity leave, but unfortunately maternity leave and pay cannot be extended if a baby is born prematurely. Workers may look at other options for taking more time off such as sick leave, annual leave, or unpaid leave.
"My wife's waters broke quite unexpectedly on a trip to the theatre at a gestation of only 23 weeks and five days. Our worst fears seemed inevitable. However, with the intervention of the health service, our girls did not arrive until a gestation of 27 weeks and one day. "73 days in hospital, and 73 days from my wife's maternity leave. That's 73 days from your chance to bond as a family, and do all the things that new families do. It's a very difficult time, there's very little contact, and obviously a strict hygiene policy. With frequent medical interventions, it is a difficult period."
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