I am planning on taking advantage of the FMLA.

I plan to combine the 'family' and 'medical' aspects of the leave--we are adopting a child, the adoption will be final around the time I will most likely have surgery. I plan to take 12 weeks total off from work, 2-3 weeks to recover from lap rny and the rest as family/maternity leave for the adoption. Do I need to tell my employer how to break up my leave? I will most likely take my disability pay for the medical leave and I have already discussed this with our HR department. The HR department does not seem to care why I am taking the leave, they told me it's none of anyone's business why and when I take my leave but I am wondering if I am obligated to tell my immediate supervisor what kind of surgery I am having--I really don't want to tell anyone at work because I really don't like most of my co-workers. Thanks!

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