Welcome to the Nut Hut!

[AnakeRose]

Beautiful pic, AnakeRose! That's not the Astoria bridge in the background, is it?

RE Maternity leave pay: I sort of want to move to Canada. The US only requires companies offer their employees time off, not pay. At the job I left, the only way to get pay is to use combined vacation/sick time, so if you ran out before baby was born, you were left with no maternal income.

Of course, now that I'm freelancing/content writing, I'm sort of in the no pay situation if I can't write after potential baby's born, anyway. Let's hear it for speech to text software! Hands free writing!

No, it's the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna, BC. I've been to Astoria though!

Up here you need to have accumulated 600 hours in a 12 month period to qualify. If you have medical EI you can be off (with good reason) at 25 weeks and then go onto Maternal EI for 15 weeks, then 35 weeks of Parental EI (either parent can take it).

OMG I AM SO UNCOMFORTABLE TODAY!!

 

[PDubs10612]

with your medical EI you can get more than 52 weeks off? or did I misunderstand that? Here we can get on medical EI if there is less than 17 weeks before due date and then go on the other leaves following, but not to exceed more than 52 weeks total...I think that's what I read, but I thought it was through service canada so it should be that same in both provinces...I figure when I get my BFP I will REALLY research it, but I know I'm covered for at least a year and I will most likely end up on medical leave with my heart so that was always a bit of a downer because I wouldn't get the full "year" post baby

 

[PDubs10612]

nevermind, just looked mine up, it was on the Ontario Ministry of Labour Site...

3. How long can I receive maternity, parental and sickness benefits?

Maternity benefits can be paid up to a maximum of 15 weeks.
Parental benefits can be paid up to a maximum of 35 weeks.
Sickness benefits can be paid up to a maximum of 15 weeks.

A combination of maternity, parental and sickness benefits can be received up to a combined maximum of 50 weeks.

If you have received sickness benefits before or after your maternity benefits you could receive up to a maximum of 65 weeks of combined sickness, maternity and parental benefits. However, certains conditions must be met during your benefit period...

 

[AnakeRose]

Yeah if I was still working at the warehouse and I didn't hurt my back, I would have taken the sickness EI 15 weeks and been off already! No way I would have been able to keep lifting 50+lb boxes all day after 25 weeks.

 

[FTMommy01]

I am so jealous you guys get that much time off!! We only get paid 65 percent for 6 weeks and the rest is unpaid so we're saving like crazy here!

 

[magicwhisper]

hey there

can i join in

im 21 my oh is 20 we are ttc baby number one and have been for a couple of months

 

[Angel wings13]

OK I beat everybody in the worst maternity leave ever competition: 6 weeks! How horrible is that? Thankfully if I have the baby on or near my due date, that will be the first day of our 2 week Christmas vacation at school so it'll be closer to 8 weeks. School districts are totally stingy on the maternity leave, but I guess since like half the ladies at school always seem to be pregnant during any given school year, I can understand why they need to cut it short.

6 weeks is the norm here. Rarely paid. 8 weeks if you have a cesarean. It's basically more of a "we are required by law to hold your job for you for this long"

But some places let you take longer, it just requires a lot of paperwork.

 

[Angel wings13]

Beautiful pic, AnakeRose! That's not the Astoria bridge in the background, is it?

RE Maternity leave pay: I sort of want to move to Canada. The US only requires companies offer their employees time off, not pay. At the job I left, the only way to get pay is to use combined vacation/sick time, so if you ran out before baby was born, you were left with no maternal income.

Of course, now that I'm freelancing/content writing, I'm sort of in the no pay situation if I can't write after potential baby's born, anyway. Let's hear it for speech to text software! Hands free writing!

I can apply for short term disability for maternity leave at my work, giving me 60% of pay, but it's a double whammy for me since I haven't been really working cuz of my knee...by the time they took taxes out, my check would be like $40 at this point! I'm going to try to just grin and bear it and try to boost up my hours for a few months :/

 

[Angel wings13]

hey there

can i join in

im 21 my oh is 20 we are ttc baby number one and have been for a couple of months

Hey there and welcome to our hut of nuts

Don't worry about sounding crazy here....lol we've either read or said it all!

 

[magicwhisper]

thank you

sounds like my kind of group

 

[Angel wings13]

Finally got a potty shot like I wanted!

 

[AnakeRose]

hey there

can i join in

im 21 my oh is 20 we are ttc baby number one and have been for a couple of months

Welcome!! :wave:

 

[Tassiegal]

Hi guys -
I dont know whether any of you remember me - it was over a hundred pages ago that i posted lmao
Finally after 18 months of TTC #5 ( #1 for DF) we have been successful! We have a little baby due on the 24th of March 2014...
I have been meaning to post in here for a few days - since i caught up with the thread - but baby brain has taken over lol
I had a first beta done at 14DPO of 67 and then it was 221 @16DPO. Doubling time of 27 hrs!

So excited and so happy to see most of you girls ended up happily pregnant!! Congratulations to you all!

Angel - beautiful scan pics and congrats!

Cant wait to catch up with all of you

 

[Angel wings13]

Hi guys -
I dont know whether any of you remember me - it was over a hundred pages ago that i posted lmao
Finally after 18 months of TTC #5 ( #1 for DF) we have been successful! We have a little baby due on the 24th of March 2014...
I have been meaning to post in here for a few days - since i caught up with the thread - but baby brain has taken over lol
I had a first beta done at 14DPO of 67 and then it was 221 @16DPO. Doubling time of 27 hrs!

So excited and so happy to see most of you girls ended up happily pregnant!! Congratulations to you all!

Angel - beautiful scan pics and congrats!

Cant wait to catch up with all of you

I remember you! Congrats!

I was also 221 at 16 dpo! Weird!

Are you going to find out the gender cuz idk if you tag through, but we're ALL having boys - well except wugz cuz she hadn't found out yet!

Very happy for you!

 

[Tassiegal]

Thanks Angel I am so excited!

LOL @ the similarities in the beta though - i was thinking it was low - but i dont feel so bad now!! Everyone else seems to have such high numbers - i guess i am just a late implanter ( i didn't implant until 11 DPO ) so the HCG isn't as high.

Yes - DF and i were talking about that last night - he really wants to know because he wants a boy - I would like another boy as it would even things out a bit - but really as i keep telling him we cant choose. Although i already have all day sickness and cravings for healthy foods (the thought of chocolate makes me want to throw up) and i was exactly the same with my boy so hopefully i am right and it is a boy.

So glad to be back here with you girls and see your pregnancy going so well hun!!

 

[confetti83]

Welcome Magic hope this thread brings u luck!!

Congrats Tessie hopefully everyone in the thread will have beany on the way soon!

Angel great pics!

Afm I am nesting big time!! I nearly washed all the clothes I have for bubs 1st year. Last load of whites left. I am having trouble breathing with lots of palpitations feeling faont most of the time. Hopefully as bubs starts moving down I will feel better.

 

[magicwhisper]

thank you.

i hope so too i have noticed a lot of people with little ones here

i hope you feel better soon confetti
cute scan pictures angel wings

 

[Angel wings13]

Thanks Angel I am so excited!

LOL @ the similarities in the beta though - i was thinking it was low - but i dont feel so bad now!! Everyone else seems to have such high numbers - i guess i am just a late implanter ( i didn't implant until 11 DPO ) so the HCG isn't as high.

Yes - DF and i were talking about that last night - he really wants to know because he wants a boy - I would like another boy as it would even things out a bit - but really as i keep telling him we cant choose. Although i already have all day sickness and cravings for healthy foods (the thought of chocolate makes me want to throw up) and i was exactly the same with my boy so hopefully i am right and it is a boy.

So glad to be back here with you girls and see your pregnancy going so well hun!!

I don't have the link anymore, but around 200 us ideal for 16 dpo, but the most important thing is doubling time anyways. I kept seeing higher numbers too, but then I found out that a lot of people posting were seeing a fertility specialist and on treatments that raise hcg, also, there areTHREE different assays to determine the level, called the "universal standard unit", I, II, and III....so different labs can have different values. . So don't worry, your double time us excellent.

With my miscarriage last year, my hcg was over 19,000 at only 22 dpo....so the number us most definitely not everything!

But believe me I know how hard it is not to worry! I was in a Constant state if fear the first 12 weeks....

 

[AnakeRose]

Welcome back Tassie!

 

[starbaby2404]

Welcome Magic, and welcome back Tassie!
Great scan Angel, that's definitely a boy! YAY!
OHHHHHH the nesting....I remember doin that with both my boys! Drove my ex husband crazy! Probably because his lazy behind wouldn't get up and help me...so I'd do it myself. I'd work on it until I'd start contracting...then sit down and rest...then start back up when they settled. I was supposed to be on bed rest.

So anyway, I had another clomid check from my routine OBGYN. After 5 unsuccessful cycles of clomid and provera he has decided to refer me to a FS. The hasn't shown her face yet for this month, she isn't due until the 27th, so I'm not out yet. But my hopes are not high. While in the office, my routine OBGYN said that my DH has some "abnormalities" and that might be the problem. However, right after the SA was done on my husband he told me that his results were fine...motility was a little down, but he didn't see a reason as to why I wasn't/couldn't get pregnant. So this has me totally confused and worried. Hoping that the FS can help us out.

On another note, we did BD once this past fertile window, on the day that I got a (+) OPK and had good EWCM. And all it takes is once, right?! Like I said above, hopes aren't high. But it is a possibility.

Hope everyone is doing well!