Please help

clairec79

The maternity pay situation depends on when you conceived, I'm assuming you are early on in pregnancy so you should qualify (if you are working enough hours and getting enough money) however I've also known women find out they were pregnant at 39 weeks - if that's you then you wouldn't.

Basically you need to have been working for them before you conceived

While on maternity leave you are counted as being employed and wouldn't automatically get rent and council tax paid (but your working tax credits etc continue) - if your income goes down you may have some entitlement to some help, contact the council

kate1983_2

Thank you all for you kind comments lol

I thought this site for advise and not slagging people off.

I am pregnant again by the same father, got back together to give it another go for the sake of our 1st child, all was going well until I found him in bed with my best friend and now I have found out that I am pregnant again.


So by what your all saying is that because I had a cheating boyfriend I should go and get rid??? I am sorry my life hasnt turned out as well as yours.

I plan on going back to work but no you all judge me think I am a typical chav, living in a council home and wear velour tracksuits.

I wonder why I bother with this site

frasersmum123

Kate1983.

I too work part time (16.5 hours), and earn just above the threashold for SMP - do you pay any tax at all? I pay about £2 a month but this means I am entitled to SMP - if not you can apply for Maternity Allowance from the Job Centre.

Good Luck with your Pregnancy, and dont worry about some of the negative comments - some people are just born to be rude!

kate1983_2

frasersmum123 wrote: »

Kate1983.

I too work part time (16.5 hours), and earn just above the threashold for SMP - do you pay any tax at all? I pay about £2 a month but this means I am entitled to SMP - if not you can apply for Maternity Allowance from the Job Centre.

Good Luck with your Pregnancy, and dont worry about some of the negative comments - some people are just born to be rude!

Just wanted to say thank you to Clairec79 and frasersmum123


I properly pay about the same as this thank you for the info.

SomeBozo

Kate

Don't be put off.

This is is the benefits board and hence why people come here. However the posters here pride themselves on offering advice that does not always involve benefits.

This often scourned upon by posters. As an example a lady on another thread worked part time and was in financial difficulty. I suggested she ask to work full time. I got a load of abuse about child care costs, being sexist and not caring!

Anyway, the point I am making is that some of the posts are valid that are not strictly about benefits, ie can the dad contribute? Plus here we see a lot of single mums, not working, getting pregnant again. You really do sometimes hang your head and want to write CONTRACEPTION on their forehead!

So don't be down. I see your past threads are talking about buying leather beds and laptops so hopefully your financial situation will continue to be better then others.

Good luck.

Bozo

jonty1970

I don't know about what you are entitled to , sorry, but the only person who need slating here is the father of the baby!
I may be old fashioned, but women to me, are made to be mums and dads go out and earn money to keep their family! (yes, I am a woman and yes I am now left alone with my kids)
It is not always the womans fault. It is the men who seem to think it's alright to dump their children on benefits.

Zara33

viktory wrote: »

Don't be childish. You may not like what others post, but it does not necessarily make them a troll - nor does a low post count. We all started with a low post count once.

Can you not at least make a reasoned argument on why you disagree with the comments shrouded_1 made? At the moment you look slightly childish - it is the last resort of the playground - when you have no argument left resort to childish, pointless insults.

I actually think shrouded_1 has a point and said so yesterday. Unfortunately my post was deleted but the point remains. The OP has behaved with a deplorable lack of foresight seeing as she is already a single parent and is now intent on bringing another fatherless child into the world.

When did we, as a nation, cross the line into a world where it is OK for a child to not have a father? All children have the right to have a loving father in their lives; parents that care about each other and support each other and their family in times of trouble and joy. When my sister and I reminisce about our childhood our father features so heavily.

I understand that relationships break down and !!!! less men make all the promises in the world and then run away. I understand that there are women all over the world that have been abandoned by the fathers of the their children and I understand that they did not make single parenthood a lifestyle choice. There are too many now though, that are making being a single parent a choice and it is wrong. There are also far too many women happy to get pregnant with no real security from the father of the child.

This is the choice the OP appears to have made and my heart goes out to the child and the thousands of others that will be born without a loving Dad to play football, make model aeroplanes, fix his or her bike and just generally be there on a day to day basis.

Oh come on viktory you know fine well this isn't the place for this discussion/arguments. The OP just wants to know what she is entitled to...it is afterall the benefits board not Discussion Time.

berniesmaster

hi kate.
you do not need to justify your personal life to anyone on here!
the fact is, you are asking for some advice and far to many people are judging. im sure all of you people who are judging kate, all have perfect family lives, and none have broken familys or have come from broken familys.

im sure its a very stressfull time for kate at the moment, so why dont you all lay off????? if you want to slag off, im sure there is another forum out there to use.

kate1983_2

berniesmaster wrote: »

hi kate.
you do not need to justify your personal life to anyone on here!
the fact is, you are asking for some advice and far to many people are judging. im sure all of you people who are judging kate, all have perfect family lives, and none have broken familys or have come from broken familys.

im sure its a very stressfull time for kate at the moment, so why dont you all lay off????? if you want to slag off, im sure there is another forum out there to use.

I couldnt of said it better myself, all they do is judge people especially shrouded_1 who has nothing better to do that slag people off, I wish my life was like his/hers Im soooooo jealous.

To the people who have been kind and gave me advise I thank you and to those who have tarred with the single parent brush go do one and have a great life.

Oldernotwiser

kate1983 wrote: »

all was going well until I found him in bed with my best friend and now I have found out that I am pregnant again.

Now that's one of the facts of life that nobody ever told me about!