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For those mammas that are staying home with their babies instead of returning to work and are wanting to earn a little spending money then I highly recommend Vinted! It’s also cheap buying off there too!🥰 does anyone use Vinted? If so drop your username below☺️

Hello, I'm due back to work on April 16th and I was wondering if I'd still get a whole month's of maternity pay or just for the weeks up to the 16th? Just worried about bills etc if I'm not getting a much

Hi all, I have a baby due 1st May and have applied for maternity allowance almost 2 months ago now. However have still not received anything. This is the second month i have gone without. My partner and I are on a joint claim. He works full time on minimum wage and our rent is 935 a month. and I don't have any incom...

Hey, so in the NHS policy, it states if you go off sick for maternity related issues within 4 weeks of babys due date then your Maternity automatically starts which is fine but my manager has come to me recently and said from 32weeks…. Can anyone shed any light please?

Thinking about taking sick leave due to my pregnancy. Can that normally affect your maternity pay?

So my daughter who is nearly 2 and a half is currently going to the childminders for 3 days a week 4.5 hours each day as both my partner and I aren't working. But he is starting a new job in a weeks time which will mean I will no longer be entitled to universal credit but how will that work for my daughter. Will she...

Hey 👋🏻 I'm in a really crappy situation. I've just been affected by the benefit cap, after a 9 month grace period due to a relationship break down. My youngest child turned 3 in February, I've been working part-time with an agency for over a year due to co-parenting him with the ex partner so only available to…

Did anyone return to work full time after maternity leave? I have a one year old. There is a great opportunity arises but it is a full time role (with early finish on Fridays at noon). At the moment I work 3 days a week with my current employer. Just wondering if there are any full time moms and how do you feel abou...

Currently having trouble reconciling returning to a job I have done for a long time, don’t want to do but delivers favourable conditions for my family .. vs… applying for a job that would be less favourable for the kids but provide desirable opportunities for me. Does anyone have experiences they can share similar t...

The whole thing is super confusing. Does anyone know whether you have to be working to start using these? I have a load of holiday I need to use left over from last year as I went into labour early. I want to physically start work in late Aug but end mate leave to use the holiday in June-Aug. would I be able to se...

Hey mama’s. I’m currently 35 weeks pregnant, I have a 2 hour flight on the 18th (I’ll be 36+4 on that day) and another 2 hours flight back on the 19th. Has any one flown at or after 35 weeks? I don’t see my doctor until I’m 37 weeks but I will leave her a message Monday. Just thought I’d ask here as well.

What are you ladies working towards as a side hustle or business or what do you want to do?

When is everyone going back to work?

I’m a teacher and feeling so anxious about going back to work and managing the ridiculous workload that teachers face. Is anyone else thinking of doing something else? I don’t know what jobs are easy enough to transfer to from previously being a teacher. Anyone had any experience with this or any thoughts ?

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I had an unexpected miscarriage while visiting my mom. Went to the nearest emergency room. (I don’t have insurance) we now I received an 8k bill.. which I somewhat expected maybe 4ish not really 8, but 🤷🏽‍♀️. Well, then I received a 2k bill from the physician, then a $300 from radiology!!! WTF!?!?! Then what was…

Hi all, Is anyone really savvy with gov funding/ tax free? I’ve done it all before with my son who’s now at school so I understand the process etc, but I’m wondering about the following. I was made redundant just before my daughter was born in December 2023 and am in the process of looking for work now. I have ...

Do you need to be claiming benefits to get the sure start grant? I know online it says you do but a girl I know says she got it and doesnt claim anything and has a full time job.

Is it worth spotlighting your page? Like does it instantly get your page more traffic and sale/ offers?

DON’T COME FOR ME, I am booked in for my Botox this week and I am 31 weeks pregnant, has anybody else had it done while being pregnant? Bear in mind people this IS NOT ILLEGAL. My clinition is a trained nurse and is happy to go ahead with the procedure I am fully aware of risks I don’t want to hear about on this pos...