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[wild2011]

my mw last time was a witch and said sickness is part of pregnancy darling then rung off, get straight to gp, they are more use to you in first tri than mwxxxxxxx

 

[pinkclaire]

I'm going to be working part time and I get SMP. Basically whatever you earn in your 26th week is what counts towards how much you get. SMP is 90% of your pay for six weeks, then £123 a week or 90% of your income, which ever us less until 9 months leave. Then you can have 3 months off unpaid as well at the end x

 

[new_to_ttc]

24/7 in the UK you are entitled to any length of sick leave with pregnancy related sickness without it effecting your sick record.. so take the week off and dont worry about it. They cant give you a warning or discilplinary!! BUT Its still important you see a doctor because they may be able to help, and its better to have a documented pregnancy related sick period if your boss decides to get funny! As Wild says, your doctor has a duty of care, and if they cant see you in the time slot, there should be a sit and wait facility at the end of surgery which you can attend! Give us the number, we'll have you seen in no time As for the MW you need to get her changed if you feel you cant contact her. The MW should be your support network, you need to have faith in them!

 

[new_to_ttc]

I'm going to be working part time and I get SMP. Basically whatever you earn in your 26th week is what counts towards how much you get. SMP is 90% of your pay for six weeks, then £123 a week or 90% of your income, which ever us less until 9 months leave. Then you can have 3 months off unpaid as well at the end x

Thanks hun I think you have to earn the minimum something or other though which is about £97 a week to qualify.. and luckily I earn just over that a week.. I think if I remember right last time I only earned something like £76 a week! So this time it should all be ok

 

[24/7]

Thanks girls, you are fab!! Will ring in the morning again, and if I don't feel well will stay home tomorrow too, hard starting at 7am, as I can't gauge how I feel that well before I leave for work, and today once I got there I didn't feel good and came home. xx

 

[twinmummy06]

hey ladies, thought i'd pop in with my scan from today. it wasn't my 12 week nuchal scan though. this was my "im driving myself insane with paranoia scan" bub mesaured 11w according to the lady, but i seen 11+2 on the screen , no biggie im 10+5 so close enough lol, heartbeat was 141. im almost at the stage where i can finally be excited i think! 1.5 weeks til my nuchal scan, hoping for a better picture then, this one is kinda bizarre. anyone have any idea what the white blob near its chin is, its creeping me out lol.
im also pretty sure im feeling bub now, i was feeling fluttering the waiting room, and sure enough i could feel some of the times baby swooshed around on the screen, of course it was very faint and not everytime, but im starting to think maybe im not crazy

https://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz353/twinmummy06/PA230569.jpg

 

[new_to_ttc]

Awww great scan!!! Not sure what the white bit is, the babys arm is down so its not a hand lol Glad it was all good

 

[MikieC]

I'm going to be working part time and I get SMP. Basically whatever you earn in your 26th week is what counts towards how much you get. SMP is 90% of your pay for six weeks, then £123 a week or 90% of your income, which ever us less until 9 months leave. Then you can have 3 months off unpaid as well at the end x

Thanks hun I think you have to earn the minimum something or other though which is about £97 a week to qualify.. and luckily I earn just over that a week.. I think if I remember right last time I only earned something like £76 a week! So this time it should all be ok

Hi Girls,

Just wanted to put my tuppence worth in here! I work in payroll. Very roughly speaking your employer will work out if you qualify for SMP based on your average weekly earnings over an 8 week period. This period is worked out by taking the last normal pay day in the 15th week before your baby is due and counting back 8 weeks. The pay days in between these 2 dates are used to get an average and the SMP is 90% of that average. My advice to you ladies is to do any overtime or extra hours during the months of November and December 2010 if you can!! Your average must be over £97 per week to qualify.

I hope this helps!!

Michelle xx

 

[new_to_ttc]

I'm going to be working part time and I get SMP. Basically whatever you earn in your 26th week is what counts towards how much you get. SMP is 90% of your pay for six weeks, then £123 a week or 90% of your income, which ever us less until 9 months leave. Then you can have 3 months off unpaid as well at the end x

Thanks hun I think you have to earn the minimum something or other though which is about £97 a week to qualify.. and luckily I earn just over that a week.. I think if I remember right last time I only earned something like £76 a week! So this time it should all be ok

Hi Girls,

Just wanted to put my tuppence worth in here! I work in payroll. Very roughly speaking your employer will work out if you qualify for SMP based on your average weekly earnings over an 8 week period. This period is worked out by taking the last normal pay day in the 15th week before your baby is due and counting back 8 weeks. The pay days in between these 2 dates are used to get an average and the SMP is 90% of that average. My advice to you ladies is to do any overtime or extra hours during the months of November and December 2010 if you can!! Your average must be over £97 per week to qualify.

I hope this helps!!

Michelle xx

Oh wow thank you sooo much!!! Unfortunately there isnt enough work for me to meet my quota never mind overtime, but I get paid a salary so my average weekly income is always £111 unless I do overtime

 

[MikieC]

Good stuff! You should be fine then. Any chance you might get to do any extra and if you feel up to it I would go for it. I'm salaried as well and don't get any opportunity to do any overtime.
Michelle xx

 

[mummy3]

wrigger and twinmummy, great scans!

Im off to mine in 20 mins, trying to drink lots now. Ended up at the ER with my 14 month old last night, so we all completely knackered! Her temp went up to 105 degrees Shes ok now though, seems its a virus.

24/7 hope you feel better, your GP should help!

 

[new_to_ttc]

Good luck mummy!!!!! Hope your little lady is on the mend quickly poor little thing xxxx

 

[twinmummy06]

good luck mummy! i hope little miss is feeling better and it passes quickly xx

 

[Wiggler]

Twinmummy, lovely scan!!! Dont worry about the bright white part, in my scan depending how the sonographer pressed his/her skull and spine went bright white.

mummy3 good luck with your scan! can't wait to see the piccy! I hope your princess is feeling much better soon.

My lil man hasnt been too happy today, right before we left to go to the scan he rammed his hat on his head, fell over and cut his lip Only a teeny cut, but he has got such a fat lip now, poor little man. We are now keeping hats well out of reach. 6 days til he turns 2!! I cant believe it, my little baby is all grown up.

xxxxxx

 

[luckyme225]

hopeful- garlic sauce from any pizza joint, I love them all. I'm so bad that if I have left over sauce I'll dip my pizza in it!!! As for round ligament pain, I get sharp stabs on my right or left side. Normally doesn't last too long and it's if I move to quick or get up wrong. I remember when I was in second tri last time I would sometimes get it out of nowhere from stretching of the ligaments.

2/47- sorry about the job situation hun. First days can be hard, hopefully by the time the week is over things will be easier.

mummy- hope your daughter feels better. Good luck at your scan!

OK so people at work must be talking... or thinking at the very least lol. The are always telling me how sorry they are that I'm sick and asking if I have flu, cold, etc... and I'm always like not sure. My lead knows I'm pregnant as was so wonderful to send me home at 8:30pm last night. Now I got a decent amount of sleep and I'm enjoying laying around I'm my living room with the fire place on. I'm wondering when this monring sickness thing is going to end already. My last pregnancy I would get sick here or there but it was a cake walk compared to this. Please O Please let it go away by 12 weeks.

Great scan pics everyone!!

 

[Wiggler]

Lucky - I hope your morning sickness eases up soon hun x

 

[hopefulmama]

wow thanks lucky,I appreciate you answering me... I can't believe i posted that @ 7 am and no one responded till you... I ended up going tot he doctor @ 8 am waiting for them to open and it was just that ligament pain.

Sort of disappointing when just asking a simple question to other women going through the same thing, I thought that was the point of this forum.

 

[luckyme225]

wiggler- thanks hun!! As much as it calms my nerves reminding me I'm lucky enough to be pregnant, it doesn't exactly make work easy.

hopeful- Glad it was only round ligament. Hopefully it was just one of those things where a bunch of girls posted at the same time so it got over looked. I know once I check back in the morning after being at work I have tons of pages to catch up on. Only four more days until you see your husband!!

 

[hopefulmama]

I know I cant wait to see him. I will feel soo much better, also my stomach issues went away so that was a positive.

 

[Inge]

Well my due date is now 7th May 2011. Had scan yesterday and baby was so relaxed. He didnt move until he got proded (just like my oh!) The baby measured 55.9mm and everyones saying he looks quite big for the age oh told me "good luck pushing that one out"