MSE pregnancy club II

Doobees

Shelvis - maybe you should try actually doing something at the gym to see if you can shift him!!!!

carol9uk

hi ladies, i have another question, i work part time, do i need to take my hoildays before i leave work for maternity, and also was going to a wedding in poland in june but i will be 30 weeks then, has any body flown when they have been 30 weeks, look on flight website and they say it is okay with a doctors note. it is a wedding i am going to so it has to be that date

thanks

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chocaholic110 wrote: »

Congratulations beakerange!

Shelvis, just reading the beginning of your post where you said "just been to the gym" I was thinking Blimey, she's keen!! Then I read it properly! Will they not admit you soon if your waters have broken?

Yeah they won't let you go more than 48 hours before they induce. My waters broke 7am thursday morning but it was 8 by the time I had done getting dressed (straightened my hair and put make up on for some mad reason!) so I am booked in to be induced tomorrow morning at 8am.

Carol9uk - I took all my hols just before my maternity leave started because I wanted to stretch out my time off but some places will let you carry over leave and some will pay you for them if you don't take then. Perhaps check with yout HR department? They have to be discrete if you don't want everyone to know yet.

ParadiseKidd

Hopefully I have done this right! Added myself to the EDD list!
EDD LIST
Flis21 - 25th Decemeber (yes am now 9 days overdue!)
bumpybecky - 25th December
wilf55 (her daughter, Chelsea) - 29 December 2007
bairnpunter's wife - 29th December 2007
Strawberry laces - 29th December 2007
m77las - 30th Dec (baby no1)
Shelvis - 8 January 2008
Slapps - 10th Jan 2008 (queue jumping due to going for section @ 39 weeks)
Yorkshirechick - 12th January
Phatmouse - 12th January 2008
Sunny Angel- 14th January 2008 (I think!!)
cazscoob - 18 Jan 08
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rjh090384 -3rd May 2008 (changed at 12 week scan)
Knotty29 - 16th May 2008
clarkey1000 - May 31st 2008
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I love my Pomeranian - 15th July 2008
Jak - 18th July 2008
ParadiseKidd - 6th August 2008 :rotfl:
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Carol9uk - 13 August 2008
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Ebony: Alexandra Louise - 6th December @ 3.55 weighed 6lbs 4oz
helend - Neve Sarah - 19th December - 7lbs9.5oz
Suzukibabe- Adam thomas - 15th December, 2 weeks early - 4lbs 2oz.
Sugarcubed - Baby Jenna born 23rd Dec @ 19.43 weighing 6lb 13. Cutey and starting to form a little personality
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SeptemberBaby_2

Lots of good luck for tomorrow, shelvis! Will be thinking of you and my SIL who also goes in tomorrow morning at 8am to be induced with her baby boy!

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SeptemberBaby_2

Congrats, Paradisekidd!!!

If you edit your post to put your name above grad_gal25 then you get a gold star!

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chocaholic110

shelvis wrote: »

Yeah they won't let you go more than 48 hours before they induce. My waters broke 7am thursday morning but it was 8 by the time I had done getting dressed (straightened my hair and put make up on for some mad reason!) so I am booked in to be induced tomorrow morning at 8am.

Because you want to look gorgeous in your first mother and baby pics? Hope you have a lovely labour and look just the same straight afterwards. I will go to hospital looking like a hag and just blame how horrendous I look on labour!

ParadiseKidd

I also have a question, although I am not sure if this is the place to ask! My partner and I are both on low incomes and receive Council Tax and Housing Benefits (we both work part-time and study full-time with the Open University for our first degrees) We are eligible for free prescriptions, dental treatment and eye tests as we are both named on a HC2 certificate.
I am 20 years old and almost 10 weeks pregnant. As you can imagine I am concerned about financial support. We have worked it out so we can carry on working and according to the tax credit calculator online we are eligible for over £1000 in Child Tax Credit and £0 in Working Tax Credit (less than 16 hours working per week). I believe that this amount is higher than the standard family element?

According to the government website if we receive a CTC higher than the family element we can get the £500 Maternity Grant. However, we cannot apply for CTC until after the birth and MG must be applied for within 3 months of the birth - my question is how will we ensure we get both, as the likelihood of receiving a CTC response within those 3 months AND getting the MG application in are minimal. How can I ensure we get each?

SeptemberBaby_2

shelvis wrote: »

Yeah they won't let you go more than 48 hours before they induce. My waters broke 7am thursday morning but it was 8 by the time I had done getting dressed (straightened my hair and put make up on for some mad reason!) so I am booked in to be induced tomorrow morning at 8am.

The most surreal part of my labour was the midwife asking which mascara I use whilst getting my epidural as she said I had fabulous eyelashes! :rotfl:

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SeptemberBaby_2

ParadiseKidd wrote: »

I also have a question, although I am not sure if this is the place to ask! My partner and I are both on low incomes and receive Council Tax and Housing Benefits (we both work part-time and study full-time with the Open University for our first degrees) We are eligible for free prescriptions, dental treatment and eye tests as we are both named on a HC2 certificate.
I am 20 years old and almost 10 weeks pregnant. As you can imagine I am concerned about financial support. We have worked it out so we can carry on working and according to the tax credit calculator online we are eligible for over £1000 in Child Tax Credit and £0 in Working Tax Credit (less than 16 hours working per week). I believe that this amount is higher than the standard family element?

According to the government website if we receive a CTC higher than the family element we can get the £500 Maternity Grant. However, we cannot apply for CTC until after the birth and MG must be applied for within 3 months of the birth - my question is how will we ensure we get both, as the likelihood of receiving a CTC response within those 3 months AND getting the MG application in are minimal. How can I ensure we get each?

Not sure about the ins and outs of this but the MG form has an 'are you waiting to hear' box to tick as well as 'in receipt of' box when applying so have a MG form all filled in and ready. Also, when you get your Bounty bag at the hospital, inside is the Child Benefit form (curently £18.10 per week - due to go up to £18.80 in April 2008) and also enclosed is a leaflet re Tax Credits. When you (or OH) feel up to it after the birth, call the number and they send you out the form. Return it as soon as you can and then you can tick the 'applied for' box on the MG form and send that in pronto :cool:. Just make sure it is sent in with 3 months. Best to apply and see what happens. They can only say no!

Hope I'm making sense! Only know about it as my neighbour asked for my help in completing hers.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/claimforms/sf100_print.pdf

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