12 to 24 week pregnancy thread

ikkle87

You can tell them now hun but I don't think it makes any difference until the baby is born, it didn't with me anyway and then they ask to see a copy of MATB1 and when baby is born if you get housing benefit they ask for birth certificate. x

LadyMorticia

ikkle87 wrote: »

You can tell them now hun but I don't think it makes any difference until the baby is born, it didn't with me anyway and then they ask to see a copy of MATB1 and when baby is born if you get housing benefit they ask for birth certificate. x

Thank you. It's just so confusing. I'd rather wait until after my 20 week scan just to make sure everything is okay but I wasn't sure if there was a set time that you had to tell them by.

It isn't very clear!

ikkle87

I know chick there's no set guidlines at all.... think everywhere is different but i've been told by two different boroughs you need to give them a copy of MATB1 and you get that at 25 weeks.

Have you looked into healthy starts vouchers and if your entitled to a surestart grant? x

LadyMorticia

ikkle87 wrote: »

I know chick there's no set guidlines at all.... think everywhere is different but i've been told by two different boroughs you need to give them a copy of MATB1 and you get that at 25 weeks.

Have you looked into healthy starts vouchers and if your entitled to a surestart grant? x

Thank you.

I have. We are entitled to the Surestart grant because we're on IS and this is our first child and we're eligible for the healthy start vouchers as far as I can tell from what I read on the website.

I have bad brain fog at the moment so I think I might write a list of everything I need to do/enquire about incase I forget!

Kitten_Pie

Lady M, the brain fog doesn't get any better. Lists are a life saver.

LadyMorticia

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

Lady M, the brain fog doesn't get any better. Lists are a life saver.

I get bad brain fog with the M.E so I'm used to it.

LittleMoog

moneypenny21 wrote: »

I have a strange question! When I sneeze (lots at the moment because of hayfever), my lower abdomen really twinges as though I've pulled it a little bit. I'm guessing it just feels different because of all the changes going on in there but just wondered if anyone else had had that too?

yes, all the time! I have to tense everything up or it's really sore whenever I sneeze or cough. It's the ligaments that support your uterus stretching, i think.

savageHK

Moneypenny & LittleMoog, haven't had any of that but did manage to twinge/pull/something a muscle quite high up on my ribcage while moving stuf around the other day, which is unusual for me. Just everything relaxing, expanding and moving about I reckon!

sexymouse

It's completely normal - I get it all the time if I cough or sneeze violently moneypenny - it's just ligaments stretching.

Kitten_Pie

moneypenny21 wrote: »

I have a strange question! When I sneeze (lots at the moment because of hayfever), my lower abdomen really twinges as though I've pulled it a little bit. I'm guessing it just feels different because of all the changes going on in there but just wondered if anyone else had had that too?

I get this too, thankfully don't suffer from hayfever so not too bad. I am ok if I know I am going to sneeze and can tense everything however if I am taken unaware I need to hot foot to the bathroom too which isn't easy.