MSE Pregnancy Club XIV

elastigirl

My hubby has mega trouble getting time off for main apts. It's just a bit of a pain as all my apts are at the hospital it is nice to have him there with me. He has to take all apts as holiday So it means he has less and less time off. He only takes half a day but it soon adds up. His place need 3 months notice too so like this new one i had today i rang him straight the way and he said no he can't get the time off but i really could do with him there especially as he is in the medical field so he understands better than me.

I am not looking forward to when i have to sit there for 2 hours on my own for my GTT i will have to take my ipod or a book.

SugarSpun

I'm so excited for you skinty - good luck!

kindofagilr

Ohhh Skint it sounds as though you are progressing labour vibes coming to you

On the paternity front, I thought all men got 2 weeks full pay? is this not the case? I am going to have to get OH to check with his HR!

Sarah_Joanne

:wave: Hi Skinty! Glad things are progressing for you!

I'd never heard that about calcium but those links are really interesting

Sarah_Joanne

Karen, I thought by law men were entitled to 2 weeks at SPP which is £123 a week? Might be worth looking into as if you could afford to have only that much wage coming in it might be worth it for the 2 weeks off?

My OH is self employed as a DJ which works great for us for appointments as he can come to them all. Doesn't get any paternity pay or anything like that though I don;t think (although now I will check - would hate to miss out!) and it will work out great for us re childcare as with me working regular office hours we are never at work at the same time so don't need nursery / childminder etc.

Not sure we could have afforded this baby if the circumstances had been any different!

ETA: No SPP for the self employed. Booo!

aless02

Ooo, thanks skinty! I didn't mean you had to post calcium links during labour! Best of luck for a painless labour...I'm actually really excited - it's almost like live blogging!!

Isn't there a statutory paternity pay thingee? I thought it was 2 weeks but they don't have to be taken together. It's not the same as employers offering full pay, but it's something.

newmoneysaver_2

kindofagilr wrote: »

Ohhh Skint it sounds as though you are progressing labour vibes coming to you

On the paternity front, I thought all men got 2 weeks full pay? is this not the case? I am going to have to get OH to check with his HR!

Nope - this is from direct.gov here

How much do you get?
If your average weekly earnings are £90 or more (before tax), Statutory Paternity Pay is paid for one or two consecutive weeks at £123.06 or 90 per cent of your average weekly earnings if this is less.

How it's paid

Your employer will pay Statutory Paternity Pay to you in the same way and at the same time as your normal wages.
SPP is treated as normal pay and so they'll also deduct tax and National Insurance as usual.

astonsmummy

Just popped over from the parents thread to wish Skinty good luck xx

kindofagilr

Thanks nms so looks like I am going to have to ask OH to check with HR if he even gets full pay from there or if he just get spp

mountainlioness

Another classic freecycle post:

Wanted:
Sofas (with or without chair/s)
A med Coffee Table
Ermmm A chest of Draws Any Colour wood or soo
A Double Bed(with mattress)or a largeish Sofa Bed......
MUST BE ABLE TO DELIVERY

Cannot believe some people!!