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Help needed for homeowners regarding pregnancy

MoneyWorrier2 · 2015-05-08 16:15:46

Hi, thanks for reading Ok so my wife is pregnant 4 months gone. We own our house but we are worried about not being able to pay the mortgage while she's on maternity leave as we both work full time. After the first 5 weeks it drops to around £600 a month which is around half of what we're used to. We haven't gone through a…

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Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite

8 May 2015 at 8:44PM

MoneyWorrier2 wrote: »

I earn around 12.5k and my wife earns 14.5k

Any reason why you couldn't look after the baby and your wife return to work, as the higher earner?

:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls

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