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Any ideas of how to top up an income whilst on maternity leave ? (Legit please😂)
Hi mums I’m in a very fortune position I know. I’ve got a one year old and now expecting baby number two in December. One thing I’ve struggled with is not having my own money. My partner pays for all the bills/mortgage/car so I’m certainly not complaining and very grateful. Now I’m expecting baby number two, m...
Maternity allowence have lost my mat!1 will my midwife give me another one
hi ladies, does anyone else work for the NHS? just wanted to know what people did when their maternity leave pay went to 13 weeks unpaid, did people go back during this time? use their savings? or is there anything you are entitled to during this time? i’m a bit confused by it, it wasn’t properly explained to me. th...
Is there any type of induction you can have then be sent home while it ‘works’
So MiL just announced she is staying from the 9-20 August at ours. My husband thought it was 6 days. I have holidays then and was planning to prep everything for baby 2 arriving end September. She is now sulking saying we are limiting her. No- just don’t presume you can stay 11 days- we have a life!
My maternity officially ended on the first of April, I’ve been using last years annual leave up and now I’ve just had an operation which puts me off sick. Now that my childcare (grandparents) have health issues we’re debating whether it’s even worth me going back to work. Does anyone know if the returning to work fo...
Prefer morning shift or where I can pick my own schedule
Are there any WFH jobs hiring, any job at that? I’m desperately looking for work but not having any luck🥺. I’ve applied to jobs on indeed and constantly get shut down , even done some in person interviews and still no luck smh.
If my ex earns over threshold for 15free childcare hours, does it mean i cannot use these as a single mum?? Thanks x
Those of you who have already returned to work how did you manage it? I have to go back full time and my boy has to go into nursery/have people care for him 5 days per week. How did you still spend time with them? Did you get hours reduced etc on some days or not? I feel I’ll be picking him up from nursery and then ...
Purely curiosity What’s the craziest thing you’ve done for extra money ? I’m talking things like OF, selling feet pics, sugar daddy, dirty talking/ texting etc etc do these things actually exists
Hi! I have decided to resign from my job and not return to work. I've been asked to write a resignation letter but not sure how to? Would I still be owed holiday pay?
I am getting prenatal care at “PeaceHealth” hospital and I am receiving a TERRIBLE care! They said I didn’t have UTI, and if I hadn’t insisted, I would have gone home without antibiotics. Plus another problems O found every time I go there, the list is big! For those of you receiving good care during pregnancy, ca...
I just realized that I still have an appt scheduled with my PCP but I haven’t seen her since I got pregnant. Is anyone seeing both their OB and their PCP while pregnant? My OB’s nurse said that PCPs tend to treat pregnant ppl like aliens so my OB would probably take over until baby gets here but I wasn’t sure what t...
I found out I'm pregnant last week, how do I refer myself to the women's? I have checked online and it says register for my pregnancy notes. I am already registered from my first pregnancy but have not used it for a while. I can't find anything on there about self referral. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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