MSE Pregnancy Club XIV

xmaslolly76

Im 32 Weeks MSW and have just strarted my maternity leave well its officailly maternity leave in two weeks time i have 1 week signed off by doc and 1 weeks holiday in between.

OMG sugar you ladies are so organised i haven't even started thinking about xmas (despite the name lol) just concetrated on getting everything we needed for the baby. i think next to months will have to be xmas shopping time and i will start sowing the seeds in people minds that we cant afford everything like we used to especially the kids no more suprise games concoles under the tree :-)

Glamazon

hi msw :hello:

use these websites to work out how long you can have off and how much you'll get paid (the 2nd one you just pretend you are your employer, u don't need to put your real name and it tells you exactly how much you'll get. in case you only get smp)

http://tiger.direct.gov.uk/cgi-bin/maternity.cgi

http://smpcalculator.hmrc.gov.uk/SMP1.aspx

then go to http://www.entitledto.co.uk/ to work out how much child tax credits and workign tax credits you can get

your best bet is to then use the MSE budget planner on the main website - I have one copy with my finances as they are now and what they will be like after baby is born.

moneysavingwannabe

xmaslolly76 wrote: »

Im 32 Weeks MSW and have just strarted my maternity leave well its officailly maternity leave in two weeks time i have 1 week signed off by doc and 1 weeks holiday in between.

Ooh not too long then now! I'm 22 weeks now supposedly! I have 2 days at work and then the 6 weeks holidays...can't wait! Planning on going back after hols for a while tho.

Nicki

searching_me wrote: »

its bad when debt = skinniness :undecided x

Depends how big you are to start off with . I was only 21 and didn't mind being a skinny minny one little bit!

tinkerbelluk

evening all,

bit of a pants day today, basically my FIL (for those who remember we nearly lost him just after Xmas) got rushed into hospital again late last night. The long and the short of it is they think his pacemaker is not working - not great as it was only fitted in Feb!

DH is beside himself as the only family he has is me and his dad and what with me having the sweep yesterday and me definately being induced on Sunday is worried that he'll have an emergency call to go to the other hospital where his dad is and he'll have to leave me or make a choice on what to do.

We didn't leave there until the middle of the night and have just got back now again and I feel gutted and can't stop crying. He's already housebound and can't walk so it looks like he's not going to be able to see his first grandchild for weeks. Also to make matters worse they asked if one of us could go with him on Monday where he has to be xfered to another hospital for an appointment with the cardiologist and I just burst into tears with the nurse as all I can think is no I'll be in labour - I feel terrible but I want DH with me and he's just so worried he's going to miss the birth.

I'm sat here crying my eyes out wondering why does everything happen at once

Glamazon

wow xmas, can't believe you have finished work already!!!!!!!!!!!!

moneysavingwannabe

Hi Glamazon,

Thanks for all those links - will have a look, think I am going to have to move cos getting bit achey! Thanks for your help!

tiamai_d

Tink, that is horrible news hun! Is there anyone else who can go with FIL?

Glamazon

ah tink - hugs to you.

will send you massive labour vibes so that you go tonight
have a big dodgy hug :grouphug: and please don't cry (for me)

SM - where do u buy ur fruit & veg?
I buy veg frozen and fruit in ALDI saves me a fortune!

SugarSpun

xmaslolly76 wrote: »

OMG sugar you ladies are so organised i haven't even started thinking about xmas (despite the name lol) just concetrated on getting everything we needed for the baby. i think next to months will have to be xmas shopping time and i will start sowing the seeds in people minds that we cant afford everything like we used to especially the kids no more suprise games concoles under the tree :-)

Start now with the sales! Play.com finishes this weekend, and you could get loads of cheap bits from hawkin.com and from halfcost. Those are my major three, but there's also dealextreme.com and various others.

Edit: Tink, what horrible timing, I'm so sorry! I hope it all works out for you *hugs*