July Firecrackers 2018

[krockwell]

Ladies I feel huge!!! 20w1d bump. Oye

 

[Alligator]

Krockwell you look great!!

 

[StarryEyed88]

Krockwell that is a cute bump!!

 

[StarryEyed88]

Ps can you ladies believe we are all pretty much half way already?? There are ladies out there due in Oct/Nov already!! So crazy!!

 

[glong88]

I can't believe we are half way. It's gone so so quick

 

[UniqueBeauty]

I love seeing everyone’s progress

 

[Ginaj]

I can't believe we are half way. It's gone so so quick

And me... worked out I have only 3months left of work which makes it feel so soon!

 

[Alligator]

It's crazy there are now people with November due dates, and we're halfway done! That's wild. It feels like it's both crawled by (hello being sick everyday lol) and flown by all at the same time. I have less than 4 months of work left...which honestly can't come soon enough haha I'm so tired of it, it's so draining working an 8 hour day and then driving an hour each way...I'm bagged at the end of the day!

 

[StarryEyed88]

I feel your pain Alli. I have 1hour30 commute each way and I don’t know how I make it alive each day seeing as I start at 6.30am.
I’m going to have to work right up and until 1-2 weeks before he is due. Makes me scared lol

 

[Alligator]

Starry same! The plan right now (which might change depending if I get my full year of vacation vs. just half the year) is to work until June 29 (that weekend is a holiday here in Canada with Canada Day) and we're due on the 11th, so just about 2 weeks before! If I get more vacation it will be likely a week or two earlier in June!

 

[JWC13]

Starry same! The plan right now (which might change depending if I get my full year of vacation vs. just half the year) is to work until June 29 (that weekend is a holiday here in Canada with Canada Day) and we're due on the 11th, so just about 2 weeks before! If I get more vacation it will be likely a week or two earlier in June!

Everyone in America gets so screwed with maternity leave!! I get max 12 weeks so I'll be working until I give birth probably so that I can spend as much time with the baby. I am really lucky though in that my job allows 12 weeks and I'll get paid for all of it. A lot of companies here either offer only 6 weeks and it may or may not be paid and some people don't get maternity leave at all.

 

[Alligator]

I feel quite sad for American mums, imagine getting 6 weeks with your newborn? I can't even imagine. Having to pump when you return to work. At6 weeks you're barely healed yourself, for goodness sake. It's awful, truly atrocious. We are lucky and get 12-18 months (12 months at 55% pay, 18 at 33% pay) and your job is protected the entire time. I am lucky my workplace will do a top up to 100% of my pay for I believe 8-12 weeks depending on if I deliver vaginally or c-section.

 

[StarryEyed88]

I feel quite sad for American mums, imagine getting 6 weeks with your newborn? I can't even imagine. Having to pump when you return to work. At6 weeks you're barely healed yourself, for goodness sake. It's awful, truly atrocious. We are lucky and get 12-18 months (12 months at 55% pay, 18 at 33% pay) and your job is protected the entire time. I am lucky my workplace will do a top up to 100% of my pay for I believe 8-12 weeks depending on if I deliver vaginally or c-section.

Wow really?? That’s amazing!! We now get 18 weeks at minimum wage, which is a big hit on the Pocket so spending a lot of time saving. But in saying that super thankful that it’s there for us. My company doesn’t offer any maternity leave of any sort. So I’ve been saving my leave so should get 4 weeks on top of that. But we can’t afford for me to be off any longer as the bills and mortgage still need to be paid!

 

[Buffyx]

I was already pregnant after my 18 weeks maternity leave ended. I had to return to work right away in order to be eligible for it again. I just did temp work around my husbands roster so that we didnt need to put DD in child care.

Then I had DS and I went back to work one day a week for a few months and now I havent worked in about 8 months because my hubby has been getting a lot of overtime, and currently he is away 4 days a week It has been very tiring with a 1.5yr old, 2.5yr old and being halfway through a pregnancy!! I might return to work one day a wek in the new year. We will see how the finances are since I wont get maternity leave pay this time around.

 

[JLLM]

Hope u are all keeping wel! I had my 20 week scan on Wednesday all looking great baby looked lovely and healthy! We stayed team yellow however would anyone like to guess? I had posted on gender prediction but no replies.

 

[glong88]

We are lucky in the UK too. We get 12 months off. 9 months are paid, all be it a low amount, and 3 months optional unpaid. The first 6 weeks have to be at 90% of your pay though. However my job pays 100% for 16 weeks then normal government pay

 

[Ginaj]

We are lucky in the UK too. We get 12 months off. 9 months are paid, all be it a low amount, and 3 months optional unpaid. The first 6 weeks have to be at 90% of your pay though. However my job pays 100% for 16 weeks then normal government pay

Feeling very lucky to be in UK and have a generous workplace. I will get 6months full pay then take the 3months smp at £140 ish a week. Hubby will also be getting 5 paid weeks off when the baby is born (although he will probably drive me mad and I will have to send him back early or throttle him )

 

[glong88]

We are lucky in the UK too. We get 12 months off. 9 months are paid, all be it a low amount, and 3 months optional unpaid. The first 6 weeks have to be at 90% of your pay though. However my job pays 100% for 16 weeks then normal government pay

Feeling very lucky to be in UK and have a generous workplace. I will get 6months full pay then take the 3months smp at £140 ish a week. Hubby will also be getting 5 paid weeks off when the baby is born (although he will probably drive me mad and I will have to send him back early or throttle him )

That's brilliant. My other half only gets 1 week paid at his work, if he worked where I do he would of got 4 weeks. So unfair bow different places pay differently. X

 

[Alligator]

UK maternity leave sounds good too, very compassionate and family focused. I have quite a huge (mandatory) pension at work that takes about 13% of my salary (and work matches it which is wonderful) but it runs to about $7000 a year, give or take. When I am on maternity leave they don't take that and I'll make the max of about $530 Canadian dollars a week so about $2000 a month which is obviously less than I make now LOL. But, do-able for us for the year!

 

[UniqueBeauty]

Hope u are all keeping wel! I had my 20 week scan on Wednesday all looking great baby looked lovely and healthy! We stayed team yellow however would anyone like to guess? I had posted on gender prediction but no replies.

Adorable scan, I can see a bears face in the skull too

I have no idea what to guess!