‘I Feel Lucky to Have Had a Baby on My Own’
Stephanie Williams, 38, is a neonatal intensive care nurse. She lives in Denver with her daughter, Riley Drew, six weeks. She plans to take 12 weeks off work—a mixture of six weeks’ disability pay, plus 100 hours of paid time off, and the rest unpaid but covered by her savings.To return to the main paid leave article, .It took me a long time to decide to have a baby on my own.