Is there a certain amount of time you have to use your chapter 8 option after birth ? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-a-certain-amount-of-time-you-have-to-use-your-chapter-8-option-after-birth <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do you have a certain amount of time before your chapter 8 option expires ? It’s been 4 months since this soldier has had her child. Does it expire ? Or can she still chapter ? Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:14:41 -0500 Is there a certain amount of time you have to use your chapter 8 option after birth ? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-a-certain-amount-of-time-you-have-to-use-your-chapter-8-option-after-birth <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do you have a certain amount of time before your chapter 8 option expires ? It’s been 4 months since this soldier has had her child. Does it expire ? Or can she still chapter ? CPL Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:14:41 -0500 2020-01-03T20:14:41-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2020 5:23 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-a-certain-amount-of-time-you-have-to-use-your-chapter-8-option-after-birth?n=5410949&urlhash=5410949 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Have you tried reading the Chapter 8 of AR 635-200? Has the Soldier? The answer is clearly spelled out in both the title of the chapter and within the contents of the chapter. Chapter 8 is entitled &quot;Separation of female Soldiers - Pregnancy&quot;. Unless she is in her 5th trimester, the Soldier is no longer pregnant. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 04 Jan 2020 05:23:27 -0500 2020-01-04T05:23:27-05:00 2020-01-03T20:14:41-05:00