She won't graduate until she is 30 and will need to spend some time working before she would get any sort of maternity leave benefits (she is studying to be a professor).

Maternity leave/child birth may be an allowable gap in income.2.

When I first had kids, working remotely would not have been ideal for sure for the 3 months of maternity leave. 

None of them get government money except for some on Social Security.As my maternal grandfather used to say: "Being poor is no excuse for being dirty or being dishonest or being a beggar". 

I am currently on maternity leave with a 1.5 month old (first child) and do not want to return back to work.

My maternal grandparents immigrated from Lithuania, so  its in my blood.

After having the baby in March 2014, I went out on maternity leave - and started looking at houses online.

According to the wonderful new healthcare legislation, as a man I will be required to buy health insurance that includes coverage for maternity and newborn care.

The only reason I am considering it now is that i will be off work for maternity leave in a couple of months, and that would be a good time for me to do the courses.

The FamAnd we had every excuse in the book to play it safe, by the time we had bought that first property we already had a 6-month-old son, and my Wife was on an extended maternity leave.