Pregnant and benefits

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Ok things you MAY be entitled to:

Healthy start vouchers
Tax credits
Statutory Maternity Pay/Mat allowence
Income Support/Job seekers
housing benefit
Council tax benefit
Community care grant
money to aid getting to and from hospital

And no - it isnt fair unemployed people (like yourself) are entitled to the above when people (like me) who work and are pregnant get pittance. Out of the above I get Tax credits (which pays 80% of DD1's nursery fee's - I still stump up the other 20%) and a £5 weekly council and housing benefit. I dont begrudge ANYONE who recieves benefits - but it should be fairer

You was very judgemental in your post about people who are unemployed - you ARE one of those people in receipt of benefits - regardless how long you have worked previously.

suzybear

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel wrote: »

Ok things you MAY be entitled to:

Healthy start vouchers
Tax credits
Statutory Maternity Pay
Income Support/Job seekers
housing benefit
Council tax benefit
Community care grant
money to aid getting to and from hospital

And no - it isnt fair unemployed people (like yourself) are entitled to the above when people (like me) who work get NADA. Out of the above I get Tax credits (To pay for 4yo nursery) and a £5 weekly council and housing benefit - oh and im 30 weeks pregnant and I'm having to go back to work early so that I can support my family. You was very judgemental in your post about people who are unemployed - you ARE one of those people.

As i said before iv been unemployed for 4 months bacause i had to be. Im looking for work and i dont want to be on benefits for long at all.
Maybe i wasn't clear at the beginning but i was talking about stuff like maternity pay, maternity grant, milk vouchers etc. I cant believe its been taken this way and im shocked at how iv been treated.
Iv worked since 16 and iv been on benefits for a small amount of time (first time iv ever been on them.)
Iv appologised for my comment but i think some people did take it the wrong way or too seriously.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

suzybear wrote: »

As i said before iv been unemployed for 4 months bacause i had to be. Im looking for work and i dont want to be on benefits for long at all.
Maybe i wasn't clear at the beginning but i was talking about stuff like maternity pay, maternity grant, milk vouchers etc. I cant believe its been taken this way and im shocked at how iv been treated.
Iv worked since 16 and iv been on benefits for a small amount of time (first time iv ever been on them.)
Iv appologised for my comment but i think some people did take it the wrong way or too seriously.

It doesnt matter whether you have been unemployed for 4 months, 2 weeks or 5 years - the fact remains you made a nasty comment about people who dont work and the reality is - YOU DONT actually work either (This is what people are trying to explain to you) Apart from one poster - no one has really treated you in an unjust way. They are trying to explain to you that you CAN NOT make a judgement and exclude yourself from that category when you are in the same position.

I know what you was talking about - and have answered accordingly. The healthy start vouchers ARE the milk vouchers, they are also for fruit and veg and also vitamins.

see http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/pregnancycareplanner/Pages/Benefitshome.aspx for more info

on a side note: instead of focusing on what benefits you can claim - why not try and at least find out how far pregnant you are and book into the midwife who can talk through the benefits you MAY be entitled to

suzybear

on a side note: instead of focusing on what benefits you can claim - why not try and at least find out how far pregnant you are and book into the midwife who can talk through the benefits you MAY be entitled to[/QUOTE]

If you read all the posts you'd see that iv said im going to the doctors tomorrow and im having a dating scan in 2 weeks. After seeing the doctor tomorrow i'll then get a midwife appointment.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

yup - i missed that post - was hidden in with the beginning of the ranting which i ignored

The reason I said check how far gone you are is because you will not be entitled to all benefits straight away

Tax credits and child benefit - kick in once baby is born

Healthy Start voucher - should get srtaight away

Mat Allowence - kick in 11 weeks before baby is born (when your IS/JS stops)

Job seekers/IS - you should already be on

Council / housing benefit - you should already be on

travel costs - only if your on IS or Income based job seekers

Community care grant - doubtful you will be entitled to this but you never know

JodieMasonMummy

Tory70 wrote: »

The posts made by deathvalleydemon are nasty and I have reported them. However, might I remind you....people in glass houses...Perhaps you'll think twice before making sweeping statements about other benefit claimants. They all have a back story as well.

I second that !

FBaby

I can't believe you can be so judgmental of others when you are yourself in a situation that many would consider taking full advantages of benefits:
- you say you've worked all your life, but then say that you gave up your full-time job because your employer is not offering flexible hours allowing you to take and pick up your child. How long were you employed before it hit you that it was a problem with your child? Are they no childcare at all in your area? In the end, you gave up a job because you knew you would get benefits without questions. Other people doing the same without young children would have not have been able to get benefits for a few weeks.
- you're a single mum with a young child, you've been with your new partner for only a few months (you talked about him being good for 8 months, and it seems you might be already quite a few weeks pregnant, so you couldn't have been together that long you were already discussing babies together. If you were entitled to IS, that means you were not living with your partner (or you were cheating benefits which I assume isn't the case), so wouldn't the responsible thing be to move in together first, see things go especially in light of the fact you have a young child who has lost his dad at a young age, before deciding to go ahead and have a baby? Shouldn't you have protected youself again when you left your job, knowing you wouldn't be able to support a new child?
- If taking your child to school and back was such an issue, surely you will face the same one with another child? So how can you say you don't intend to be on benefits for quite some time and judge those who do? You face another 10 years of childcare being an issue on this basis, so what will you do?

I really find it incredible that you could consider youself in a position to judge anyone supposedly living off benefits....

Metranil_Vavin

this whole thread smacks of troll and a wind up to get everyone going.

Seems it's worked it's magic!

JodieMasonMummy

What I don't get Suzybear say's she is talking to father as he is in a sticky situation, then goes on further to say she doesn't go anywhere near him now?

SingleSue

suzybear wrote: »

This is why i said at the beginning im not judging or wanting to upset but there's alot of people who live near me who have been given a nice house fully paid, bills all paid for, money they spend on alcohol etc and they have several children because they think the more kids they have the more money they are given (one of them actually said this!) As im only a few weeks pregnant im talking to the dad to sort things out because he's in a sticky situation at the moment too.

Bills all paid for? Alcohol?

I am afraid you are judging and stereotyping at the same time....something which always makes my back go up ever so slightly.

For the record, not all single parents on benefits actually drink and as for getting the bills paid, well they would receive the same benefits as you yourself will be receiving and out of that, you have to make sure you budget correctly and pay them yourself.

There are also single parents on benefits who do not live in social housing and have to privately rent and sometimes the housing benefit/local housing allowance, does not cover the entire rent, so the claimant has to top up the rent payment from their benefits to ensure they are not evicted.

There are also single parents who receive benefits who do not pop out children willy nilly and of course, there are also single parents who are receiving benefits due to circumstances outside of their control and who may, at one point, been part of a marriage when the children were born and who may also have worked for very many years too.

That said, I do wish you well and hope that your conversations with the father of the unborn child, means that you will receive support at what can be a very stressful time, emotional as well as financial.