Dear Lactnetters,

I loved Melissa's essay and after reading the comments I feel I must 
share this with you.
In Hungary, the paid maternity leave is 3 years. The mother receives 70% 
of her average salary for 2 years and a certain amount for another 1 
year. If she has 3 or more children she can stay at home until the 
youngest is 8 years old and get paid. This amount is not much but 
certainly more than nothing and we feel important and appreciated 
officially in our roles as mothers.
Now it is about to change. The current government wants to reduce the 
time of paid maternity leave to 1 year and wants to support day care 
centers. We are not happy about it and as we are having the elections 
this month we are hoping for the new government  to not touch something 
that has been working well for decades.

Warmly,

Ibolya Eva Rozsa, LLLL, IBCLC
Hungary

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