Did your DH take paternity leave when your children were...

Yes. Two weeks with each. I had seizures w both and c-sections...I needed him. He's a straight commission inde contractor though, so he could take however long off he wanted...without pay.

Sons are 18 and 11.

DH took off two weeks when DD was born, and most of the first week I was in the hospital. He was/is self employed but at the time he had a loser of a business partner. The partner had taken off 5-6 weeks at the beginning of the year when he had surgery on his wrist, so I was thinking DH (who hadn't taken ANY time off all year at that point) would be able to take a month off especially since I had a c-section, had carpal tunnel really bad and needed more help. How about no? Two weeks was all he was able to take. Grrr! 

It's covered under FMLA....we've had dads where I teach take the time off.  It's unpaid.  

Yes, 2 weeks with each of our kids.

Yep, I had a no-complications c-section. DH took a full 12 weeks leave and was able to use his accrued paid sick time to cover it. He was the primary caregiver once I went back to work, so it was real damn important that he get used to daddying!

DH took a week or so off with the oldest and worked short hours for the first few weeks. He only took a few days with the twins because I had been hospitalized for the majority of that pregnancy nd he had already missed a ton of work. He worked for a university when our children were born and they were exceptionally accommodating.

I have heard lots of ugly comments directed toward men who take time off when their children are born, mostly from older men. I just don't get the animosity toward men who want to be involved with their children.

DH happened to work at a place that closed between Christmas and New Year so he was off when DD was born and for a few more days once she came home.

DH was teaching when both the kids were born. He's active duty Air Force and was teaching tactics when I was pregnant with [HASH]1. We were able to schedule most of my OB appts around his schedule, and I was on bed rest from 21-36 weeks. We lived on base and he would come home mid day to check on me and get anything that I needed. He didn't take a lot of time off when DS was born, but continued with the flex time, as I'd had an emergency c-sect.

With [HASH]2, he was a professor at the AF Academy. I seldom saw him before 7 pm and went to most OB appts alone. He went to the big appts, but I was high risk and had 2-3 appts a week. He did have other faculty cover him while DD and I were in the hospital for a week, as she was severely jaundiced and a failure to thrive baby. But for about a week after we came home, he taught his classes and then came back home. Then we were back to business as usual.

i don't think FLMA had come into effect until after the kids were born, but I support it. When DH was around, I didn't feel so all alone. And with DD, I was surviving on 45 minutes of sleep at a time, as it took over an hour to feed her. It was a rough first month. 

He took a little vacation time after each was born, but I no longer remember how much time that ended up being. Probably a few days to a week. 

He took a week off with each child.

My DH was able to work from home so he didn't take any time off but he didn't go into the office for a couple of weeks.

Companies under 50 employees not covered by FMLA. Some states have more stringent maternity/paternity leave though. If it is company policy, that is nice of them to offer three weeks although I suspect it is unpaid. 

He took a week off - we couldn't afford for both of us to be off without pay!