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unusual facts about maternity leave



Hillary B. Smith

After taking maternity leave from acting after the birth in 1988 of her son, Smith returned to daytime television, originating the role of Llanview District Attorney Nora Hanen Buchanan on ABC's One Life to Live (OLTL), a character she has played from 1992 until the series' cancelation in 2012.

Jessi Combs

On July 31, 2009, Discovery Channel announced the addition of Combs to the cast of MythBusters while co-host Kari Byron went on maternity leave after giving birth to her first child.

Kari Byron

During the second half of the 2009 season, Byron was on maternity leave and was temporarily replaced by Jessi Combs.

Madelaine Edlund

Edlund returned to training with Tyresö FF ahead of the 2014 season, after missing much of the previous campaign due to maternity leave.

Penelope Corrin

She is seen nationally on CBC Television's Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy broadcasts as a replacement cast member while Jessica Holmes was on maternity leave during the first two months of 2007.

The Danish Poet

Production was split between Marcy Page, of the National Film Board, and Lise Fearnley, of Mikrofilm AS in Norway, and took roughly three years, although Kove took a year off for maternity leave.

Tori Lacey

Lacey broadcast her last weather forecast on Friday, 12 June 2009 (12.30 on the Victoria Derbyshire show) prior to going on maternity leave.

Wirginia Maixner

She remained in the program and became the first person to be granted maternity leave by the Australian Royal College of Surgeons.


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ABC News Breakfast

Karina Carvalho and Beverley O'Connor replaced Virginia Trioli, while she was on maternity leave, throughout 2012.

Allison Langdon

In early 2007, she was appointed as newsreader on Today, filling-in for Georgie Gardner while she was on maternity leave during the first half of 2007.

CFPL-DT

On September 8, 2010, Atchision left the station due to maternity leave and was replaced by Ross Hull, who was the weather specialist for the 6 and 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts until he left to work as a weather specialist for CTV station CKCO-TV in Kitchener.

Colin Lane

In 2011, Lane was a fill in host on The Circle for both Gorgi Coghlan (early 2011) and Chrissie Swan (late 2011) while they both took maternity leave.

Dini Petty

In August and September 2010, Petty will be returning to guest-host several episodes of Cityline while current host, Tracy Moore, is on maternity leave.

Ellie Crisell

Her final appearance was saying a farewell message to Lizo Mzimba whilst on maternity leave.

Jay Stewart

Stewart also co-hosted with Jim Perry for a week around late 1983, when then-hostess Lee Menning was on maternity leave, and participated in several Instant Bargains during the course of his tenure on Sale.

Jenni Falconer

She has also guest presented the show during Holly Willoughby's maternity leave from May to July 2011, sharing duties with Ruth Langsford and returned in 2013.

John Leerdam

On 29 February 2012 he was nevertheless installed as a member of House of Representatives, in connection with the temporary absence of Sharon Dijksma because of maternity leave.

Kimberley Crossman

She has also worked as a fill-in host on New Zealand radio station Classic Hits, periodically co-hosting the Auckland breakfast show with Jason Reeves and Justin Brown whilst usual host Stacey Morrison was on maternity leave in 2012.

Lisa I'Anson

In January 1995 she took over the Lunchtime show from 12.00 to 2.00pm on BBC Radio 1 from Emma Freud, which she continued to present until going on maternity leave at Christmas 1996.

Lovisa Augusti

Augusti was the cover for the great prima donna Elisabeth Olin whenever she was sick or had to take maternity leave, but when Olin retired in 1784, she was replaced as the leading prima donna by Caroline Halle-Müller, not with Augusti.

Maureen Muggeridge

To put them off the scent, CRA put it about that Maureen had gone on maternity leave while in fact she was tracing the source of the diamonds to the headwaters of Smoke Creek and pegging out the boundaries of her claim.

Melissa Doyle

Doyle returned to Seven from maternity leave in a variety of news and presenting roles before being asked to front a revamped Sunrise program with Chris Reason.

Michael Usher

For the rest of 2008, Usher filled-in on various Nine News bulletins as well as reporting for 60 Minutes, filling in for Tara Brown who was on maternity leave at the time.

Nine News Now

Alison Ariotti is currently presenting the bulletin whilst Wendy Kingston is on maternity leave.

Nola Falacci

Falacci is introduced in the episode "Seeds" as the temporary partner of Det. Mike Logan (Chris Noth), assigned to the Major Case Squad of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), due to Det. Megan Wheeler (Julianne Nicholson) going over to Europe to teach American police procedure to European police officers (covering Nicholson's first maternity leave).

Páll á Reynatúgvu

At the 2008 parliamentary elections á Reynatúgvu was not re-elected, but he got a seat in the parliament at from time to time after all, when Anita á Fríðriksmørk took a maternity leave, and when his party was a part of the Landsstýri, then he was next on the list to get a seat in the parliament.

Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane

She is portrayed by Lindsay Hartley throughout the program's tenure, with Priscilla Garita temporarily assuming the role from August 30–September 28, 2004, while Hartley was on maternity leave.