One of the 'good' consequences of my brain surgery is that i've been told quite firmly no work for 6 months - I'm a massage therapist so my work is quite physically demanding. Soooo Im getting income support/incapacity benefit right now (not that I particularly want to). Butttt you get a £500 grant at 29 weeks pregnancy if you are on IS/JSA which will come in very very handy. So thats the reason we've gone all out bought stuff now.
We've deliberately not bought breast pumps/bottles yet cos we are not sure what the feeding situation is going to be. Amy is going to try to breast feed, but she has a suspicion she wont be able to. Her mum produced absolutely no milk at all and she thinks she will follow suit. So we are on wait and see on the pump/bottles.
I'll def get some more baby grows though.
Can i just be cheeky and ask do you get that grant if both parents are claiming or just one or does it work off how much the one who is working earns? Its just that my fella has been made redundent and im working fulltime, we need all the money we can get our hands on as my wages are rubbish. Sorry to hijack thread, feel free to pm me if you prefer!? x