At the heart of the debate about labels is a conflict about whether a marriage between same-sex partners is the same as or different to a marriage between opposite-sex partners. Proponents of legalising same-sex marriage argue that the sex of the partners in a marriage is irrelevant to the nature of the union.
If an employee is on FMLA, can they use say 20 hours of vacation, annual or sick leave per pay period to simply cover the costs of their benefits if they are considered a full time employee who typically works 80 hours per pay period.
I agree it is probably insurance policy specific, but my understanding is that the medical disability from a C-section is 8 weeks. Based on this, a federal employee can use 8 weeks of sick leave to be paid for FMLA or enter the leave donation program for recovery during this period (I realize this can differ among agencies, but this is the bare minimum agencies have to let you have).