Sarah, I'm a nurse in the NHS and yes your boss is probably right about mat allowance. You need to have worked at your job for like a week before falling pregnant to get amp. That said I doubt you'll have any other problem starting pregnant. We've had a few people do it on my ward in the last year. It hasn't been a problem for any of them.
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Annio, thank you that's really helpful. I wasn't expecting to get maternity pay but I know I'm entitled to maternity allowance from the job center as I've been working for the past 20 weeks so that's ok. My maternity pay at my current place is only 6 weeks full then statutory maternity pay anyway so I'm not missing much. Especially as I'm part time and my full pay isn't much more than mat allowance anyway! Thank you for helping out my mind at ease about how I'll be treated though 
And thank you for the well wishes about tommorrow ladies. Very excited now!
And thank you for the well wishes about tommorrow ladies. Very excited now!
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Post a pic Sarah! Good luck Hun x
thank you! Can't wait to post a picture! 12 weeks today, it feels like it's been a real slog to get here too hahaHey ladies,
Just having a quick catch up before heading off for a weekend away with my hubby and DD.
Sarah, on my first DD I was offered a job on the Friday and was given the weekend to think about it...well that Sunday I found out I was pregnant! I rang them on the Monday and told them I would have liked to have accepted the job but that I had found out I was pregnant and so assumed that they would retract the offer - well they didn't! So I went along and started and everyone was fabulous and didn't bat an eyelid when I found out I was already 12 weeks! I ended up on stat mat pay which was then around £154 per week... a lot less than my salary but I coped well enough. So I guess what I'm saying is go for it and tell your old boss to do one!!!
Also looking forward to your scan pic!
In terms of everyone mentioning being disconnected...I feel the same. My MS has gone and apart from my swollen stomach I have no other symptoms. I thought I felt the baby move when I was led down the other night but it could have also been wind!! Only way I seem to satisfy myself that I really am pregnant is by getting my doppler out but even then sometimes baby hides and I'm panicking. I've got my 20week scan on 31st Aug and also my consultant appointment on 15th August so a lot more will soon be happening which I'm hoping will help. Also thinking of booking a private gender scan as 20 week one says DD can only come in at the end and so my hubby would miss the actual scan. (we promised DD she could be with us when we found out gender so I think private scan will make it more enjoyable for her too).
Hope everyone else is doing ok xx
Just having a quick catch up before heading off for a weekend away with my hubby and DD.
Sarah, on my first DD I was offered a job on the Friday and was given the weekend to think about it...well that Sunday I found out I was pregnant! I rang them on the Monday and told them I would have liked to have accepted the job but that I had found out I was pregnant and so assumed that they would retract the offer - well they didn't! So I went along and started and everyone was fabulous and didn't bat an eyelid when I found out I was already 12 weeks! I ended up on stat mat pay which was then around £154 per week... a lot less than my salary but I coped well enough. So I guess what I'm saying is go for it and tell your old boss to do one!!!
Also looking forward to your scan pic!
In terms of everyone mentioning being disconnected...I feel the same. My MS has gone and apart from my swollen stomach I have no other symptoms. I thought I felt the baby move when I was led down the other night but it could have also been wind!! Only way I seem to satisfy myself that I really am pregnant is by getting my doppler out but even then sometimes baby hides and I'm panicking. I've got my 20week scan on 31st Aug and also my consultant appointment on 15th August so a lot more will soon be happening which I'm hoping will help. Also thinking of booking a private gender scan as 20 week one says DD can only come in at the end and so my hubby would miss the actual scan. (we promised DD she could be with us when we found out gender so I think private scan will make it more enjoyable for her too).
Hope everyone else is doing ok xx
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Tell me i am crazy girls. Can you feel movement at 13 weeks. I feel like i am going mad but i feel wriggling very very low down. Is it most likely to be muscles/organs moving or gas (yuck!) 2nd baby but i am a bit chubbier than i was with her.
I wish i felt proper movements already!
I wish i felt proper movements already!
Jessy I don't think you're crazy at all. I first felt what I thought was baby at 13 weeks 3 days and since then I've felt something most days, and I'm now convinced it is the baby, and that what I felt then was also baby.
I've heard a lot of people say they felt 2nd and subsequent babies earlier than their first babies as you know what you're feeling for.
Seems totally possible to me that it is baby, if position and everything is just right then seems right to me that you could feel them.
I've heard a lot of people say they felt 2nd and subsequent babies earlier than their first babies as you know what you're feeling for.
Seems totally possible to me that it is baby, if position and everything is just right then seems right to me that you could feel them.
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Thank you wills I'm seeing a lot more positive experiences than negative right now so that's really helpful.
I've had my scan today, one very very wiggly happy baby. Did not want to start still at all for the neck measurement but we got there eventually! Was 1.2mm and overall I'm at a 1:18000 risk factor so we're all good here.
I've gained back 4 days so I'm now due January 29th so I've sneaked back in to jan... By the skin of my teeth!
I'll pop a picture up later on as apparently the picture I have on my phone is too large.
I'm seeing a lot more positive experiences than negative right now so that's really helpful. I've had my scan today, one very very wiggly happy baby. Did not want to start still at all for the neck measurement but we got there eventually! Was 1.2mm and overall I'm at a 1:18000 risk factor so we're all good here.
I've gained back 4 days so I'm now due January 29th so I've sneaked back in to jan... By the skin of my teeth!
I'll pop a picture up later on as apparently the picture I have on my phone is too large.
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Hi little babe!
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Seeing them today has just shifted things in my mind a bit, feeling a lot more connected now. That scan was far better than any I had with my son, they really took their time over it and the machinery itself was far superior so we could see so much. Can't wait to book our gender scan now
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Congrats Sarah! I'm so anxious to see our bubs again too...i just want him or her here asap!
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Congrats Aussie seen you're 17 weeks today! Wow I can't believe it!!!
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Loving all the scans ladies! 💜
Only a few days till our gender scan. Can't wait till Weds!
Only a few days till our gender scan. Can't wait till Weds!
