MSE Pregnancy Club IX

Sami_Bee

suckers2008 wrote: »

Okay have worked out that my test period in the 66 weeks is from May 2008 to August 2009 of which I was employed so just need to give them my employers details and choose 13 weeks of which I earnt the most amount of money - I got threee good bonuses month on month so will use that and then I will find out but looks like I will get maternity pay of £123 a week which is cool

don't forget to apply for the HiPG - Health in Pregnancy Grant its non-means tested £190 one off payment details on the link I posted earlier

mrsapple_2

Suckers - that is good. And remember you will also get child benefit - so won't that be 143 in total a week?

I have just read that i will be entitled to leave but i feel funny as my dad put so your going to start and then turn round and say by the way i am pregnant ...

candice56

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

suckers2008

yeah

Mrsapple thats why I didnt bother looking as I think some employers might be a bit miffed - Anyway my job was so stressful that I dont think I would still be pregnant if I was working - me and hubby had been trying for over year and a half and I am positive thats why I couldnt get pregnant - stress!

Sami_Bee

mrsapple wrote: »

Suckers - that is good. And remember you will also get child benefit - so won't that be 143 in total a week?

I have just read that i will be entitled to leave but i feel funny as my dad put so your going to start and then turn round and say by the way i am pregnant ...

Have you had an offer in writing? once they have given you that or even better your contract there is nothing they can do anyway. I wouldn't worry about it personally I was out of work and looking while TTC so I couldn have been in the same situation - at the end of the day you have to be selfish sometimes and I think this is one of them!

Sami_Bee

candice56 wrote: »

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

doesn't necessarily mean an early baby unfortunately - don't get too excited, its a good sign but thats about it

weezl74

candice56 wrote: »

no medical advice needed ;-) but can anyone give me an opinion on apparently being 4/5ths engaged!!

sounds fab to me 1. baby head down 2. will be early??!!??(ok maybe too much to hope for)

It kinda sounds better than it is! 4/5ths means four fingers of the babies head are still palpable above your pubic bone, ie 1/5th of his head is engaged in your pelvis.;)

Still a good sign though, this happened to me 10 days before my baby came.

Hope that helps...

eta: sorry sami, crossed posts with you

mrsapple_2

They sent me the offer letter on the 8th which i duly signed and sent back. Because it is the NHS i had to triple checked (health criminal record and references) before they gave me a start date. So i now won't starting until next week. The funny thing is we were not even trying! My mum asked how it happened. I pointed out as she has had 5 she should know! Oh well i will see how things progress.

MrsTinks

I want roo to be engaged... she feels like she's started to engage and on thursday she was sat with her head just above my pubic bone where she should be... (just happy she turned herself!) I'd love to know if she's engaged at all though *sigh* earliest I'll find out is a week from today when I go for my 38 week appointment with the GP... I hate the fact that we only get to see someone every 2 weeks at this stage For goodness sakes I'm less than 3 weeks from being due - you'd think they might wanna keep an eye on a weekly basis! *sulk*

Sami_Bee

weezl you put it much better than me

Tine - I was seen every week from 36wks and that is standard at my new GPs too for "prima gravida's"

OMG - loose women are saying that some council somewhere have banned icecream vans on residential estates to stop people getting fat - pah!!! I'm seriously considering getting myself a Mr Whippy machine if they do that up here!! What about the poor ice cream man's livelihood??