MSE Pregnancy Club 24

Triangle

savageHK wrote: »

Right, another question for you lovely ladies. We have apparently been invited to a wedding 'in October' in Poland. (Mr SHK has the invite, which I've not seen yet, and he can't remember when in October!). My EDD is 26/11 (although I still think it's 30/11).
I don't want to fly so it's overnight trains at about 24 hours total transit on the trains, we did a similar thing last year although turned it into more of a tour of Europe (Berlin, Prague etc) and the trains are fine.
Would you go? What's the latest you'd travel overseas before EDD?

Hi savageUK

I have to be honest and say I personally wouldn't go. Even if you are without any pregnancy complications, SPD/similar (which hopefully you will be ), it is very possible you will be feeling exhausted at 33/34 weeks. I started to get swelling in feet around 34/35 weeks which has been a nightmare - I would also worry about being away from my local hospital. But I am a wuss and a worywort You need to do what you think is best for you.

RebekahR

The wording is thus: As you have had at least 26' weeks continuous employment as of the 15th week before the EWC you are entitled to Enhanced Maternity Pay which is made of 6 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay. Ordinary Maternity Leave of 23 weeks (paid) & Additional Maternity Leave of 13 weeks (unpaid).

fluffnutter

RebekahR wrote: »

Yea deffo need more. I work 20 hours a week at £6.39. Guessing I should be dragging out my contract actually. As this is under the new company as I was tupe-ed the maternity should be from my old companies contract. Not that I recon will be much different.

OK. According to the law and your contract, you should be getting...

6 weeks at £127.80 (full pay).
33 weeks at £115.02 (90% pay).
13 weeks unpaid.

Don't let them fob you off with 33 weeks of £63.90 (half pay) because they have to pay you either 90% or £135.45. HTH.

fluffnutter

RebekahR wrote: »

The wording is thus: As you have had at least 26' weeks continuous employment as of the 15th week before the EWC you are entitled to Enhanced Maternity Pay which is made of 6 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay. Ordinary Maternity Leave of 23 weeks (paid) & Additional Maternity Leave of 13 weeks (unpaid).

Which is not going to be a problem for most full-time workers, because the first 16 weeks are going to be better than SMP.

What the contract can't do is give you less than the statutory. And in your case, half pay would, therefore they're obliged to give you 90% pay or SMP whichever is the lowest.

Here's a link to the relevant bit on the HMRC site:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/employees/statutory-pay/smp-overview.htm#1

RebekahR

fluffnutter wrote: »

OK. According to the law and your contract, you should be getting...

6 weeks at £127.80 (full pay).
33 weeks at £115.02 (90% pay).
13 weeks unpaid.

Don't let them fob you off with 33 weeks of £63.90 (half pay) because they have to pay you either 90% or £135.45. HTH.

Deffo! Ruddy good job I check all my paperwork and do my figures isn't it :eek:

Yea the 90% they would need to pay me and doing so diddles me out of £434. I have emailed off to point this out as not meeting the minimum weekly requirement and asked for clarification.

RebekahR

fluffnutter wrote: »

Which is not going to be a problem for most full-time workers, because the first 16 weeks are going to be better than SMP.

What the contract can't do is give you less than the statutory. And in your case, half pay would, therefore they're obliged to give you 90% pay or SMP whichever is the lowest.

Here's a link to the relevant bit on the HMRC site:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/employees/statutory-pay/smp-overview.htm#1

Thank you poppet! Your a star. I thought I was going mad initiailly and kept recalculating.

Teerah

Thanks everyone

dizsiebubba wrote: »

Teerah how do you pronounce her name?

It's pronounced ay-va

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

Congratulations Teerah, excuse my ignorance but is HBAC the same as VBAC or have I muddles things?

Yes Kitten, it just stands for home birth after Caesarian as opposed to doing it in hospital. My midwives were fantastic I still can't believe it

MummyOfTwo

actually just did the sums - the extra package i am entitled to will only be £975 extra over the year im on leave. the 39 weeks of SMP will be about £5265... hmmmm. need to mull this one over as im not telling work that im not going back just yet!

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Wow ladies you've been busy chatting on here!
Firstly congratulations to Nora and Teerah on your little girlies.
Nora sounds a bit ouchie so thank you for not sharing too many details although it's too late for me to be put off now lol.

Thank you everyone for all the nice messages about my friend

I did read a little this am before heading into town. Fluffnutter I did wonder if you only had one pair of knickers there lol. But I went to Primark and got some cheapo granny pants. I'm normally size 14ish so got 16-18 so hope they'll be ok. I've still a while to go so won't try them just yet.
Triangle glad your BP has settled again. Hopefully it'll behave itself
MrsManda I know my friend is 3/5 engaged already with 4weeks to go. So I guess some babies are well in position before and others don't engage?
SM I saw some in Argos a while back. I also was looking for white furniture but again wasn't particularly wanting baby furniture. Not sure of the quality as it was on the website. I think it was Malibu, or I could have been craving Malibu to drink lol. It just looked nice. Anyway in the end I recycled some old furniture
RJH glad your exam is over, I'm sure you've done enough
Missmonkeymoo hugs to you, sounds like you're having a rotten day. Some days I feel like I don't feel bubba much either but I don't really measure it so I dunno unless people keep a log. If I'm out and about I don't really notice too much, obviously if I'm lazing on the sofa I'm still enough to feel him lots. I'm now 52, was in low 50s/60s since joining I can see now I may also start going upwards :eek: we're due close together OMG!!!
WW2B big hugs to you and the missus. Good luck for Tuesday, hope bubba can stay in for as long as poss. Better get the whip cracking on the in laws.
LittleMoog sounds like you're really organised! Hope DH gets on well at the dentist, sound painful
Twinklie hope your appt goes well tomorrow. Frustrating trying to get hold of some clinics etc. at least you've not had to wait long for an appointment. Like others have said, take a notebook with you with any questions or to write things down. That way you'll be able to tell OH, even so if you've your 28 week appointment soon after hopefully anything you forgot to ask or think about later you'll be able to ask relatively soon after. I wouldn't question the appt on the 15th just turn up
HBAC is this home birth after c-section?
Savage you're sounding brave going abroad, maybe I'm a chicken? Or I'm worried as "high risk" keeps being mentioned and also a language barrier might complicate things.

Went into town today, apart from granny pants not much exciting to report. Got a free shower on the way home, my mascara ran down my face so did look a bit panda like lol. Am very tired and achy now. Must get up and cook this rhubarb as promised the MIL a crumble for her OH. Going to her for dinner tonight so at least I don't have to make tea.

Well hope everyone has a good evening, has taken ages to type this so could be a lot more posts by now!
Bye for now

katyj10

Can't keep up with this thread so apologies if it's a repeat but I wanted to crosspost a deal on reusable nappies that was posted on MSE yesterday morning on the Grabbit thread (my favourite thread on this site!!).

Little Lamb washable nappies £50-£70 instead of ~£120

Hi all,

Little Lamb have a starter nappy pack of 10 washable nappies heavily reduced via this link:

http://www.littlelambnappies.com/mailer

There are 3 types, the most absorbent is the bamboo one but just read the info on their website as it is all there. We use the bamboo nappies and you have about 18 nappies for our 17 month old so I'd suggest 2 of these kits if you are serious, it's cheaper than 10 at the normal price anyway!!

Thanks Gary123456790 for this deal.

Katy x