u/3TimeyWimey

I’m currently on maternity leave using FMLA (12 weeks). My company offers medical leave with a note from doctor which gives me an extra up to 12 weeks off. I really want to take this extra leave for my mental health and for my baby, my doctor is in full support of this. But everyone I talk to is projecting and keeps telling me to be careful because “they can still let you go,” and now I’m stressing over the possibility of that. My job is in healthcare and it is two of us, there is another person who works at the office and is covering (the company always wants two at the office so that’s why I felt like my job is safe). Any thoughts or advice?