WTT in May/June 2014

[Katy Bug]

Yes! TTC around May/June as well

 

[starlight123]

Hi Katy Bug,

Time is ticking - so exciting!!

 

[SarahLou372]

No problem at all sweetie

Perhaps you could start with a little about you and your circumstances, that seems to be how most are started

Hi there

Sorry its been a while since I replied. I have just been busy at work these past few days and only just managed to find 5 minuets for myself...

The best time for me to start my journal now would be at the weekend because I don't work Saturday's or Sundays. Thanks for the reply earlier and the idea. I might just try I that way and can talk about my journey with me having PCOS

I didn't think of that so thank you... ....

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

Don't worry my love, life gets in the way sometimes doesn't it

That sounds like a good idea, I'll look forward to reading it

P.s, also extremely envious that you get weekends off! I work all weekend every weekend

 

[SarahLou372]

Don't worry my love, life gets in the way sometimes doesn't it

That sounds like a good idea, I'll look forward to reading it

P.s, also extremely envious that you get weekends off! I work all weekend every weekend

Yeah I work 11am till 7pm Monday to Fridays My pervious job I worked weekend too.

Im thinking on stating my journal this weekend so I will let you when its up on here

Also Im thinking weather to push ttc back a month or two because of my new job start, im not sure weather I need to be with my company at least 12 months before im entitled to the company maternity leave/policy. I need to keep my job to help us afford out little one. What do you ladies think???

 

[5_Year_Plan]

You should get statutory maternity no matte how long you've been there, but any occupational maternity pay will have a minimum time. They can't sack you for being pregnant or you could sue! But if you're still in probation they could fin another reason to sack you, but it'd be dodgy.

Hth

Xx

 

[SarahLou372]

You should get statutory maternity no matte how long you've been there, but any occupational maternity pay will have a minimum time. They can't sack you for being pregnant or you could sue! But if you're still in probation they could fin another reason to sack you, but it'd be dodgy.

Hth

Xx

Can I just ask you, what is occupational maternity?? And what's the difference between this and statutory maternity pay? Does it mean I should get my wages even though im not in and off on maternity leave??

We were wanting to start ttc in may/June but this would mean a baby could arrive February/march 2015 at the earliest and this would mean I would need my leave being there just under 12 months or just on 12 months

We didn't want me starting my new job affecting us wanting a baby and our ttc starting dates. So does it matter how long you been working or should I say when a baby arrives.. I didn't want to get laid off or sacked because of it because I would need my job to be able to afford a little one and I would want to go back to my job I have now after maternity leave

Sorry to baffle on. By the way my probation period I think is 8 or 9 months off the top of my head that's what I think I remember reading anyway.

 

[Caite]

Some companies offer extra maternity pay, above what they have to give you by law. You normally have to have been employed by the company for a certain length of time to qualify for the extra bit.

 

[5_Year_Plan]

^^^ WSS!
You might not be entitled to any extra the company might offer, but at nearly 12 months I would think you might be anyway, but you'd definitely be protected by the law & get the statutory pay & time off, which is up to a year & £100 odd per week off the top of my head (but don't take my word for it!!), plus £20 odd a week child benefit or whatever it's called nowadays.

Xxx

 

[5_Year_Plan]

Might be 9 months not a year... Google it, I'm not sure sorry! :/

Xxx

 

[kristycakes]

Been legally married for 8 years, just celebrated our church wedding in November last year. We are very excited to start trying soon!

 

[30mummyof1]

Sarah Lou this is the conditions for SMP but like the others said you could get more on top if you fulfill the company maternity pay conditions, which vary company to company.

Statutory Maternity Pay
You are entitled to 39 weeks’ Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), if you have been:

Employed by the same employer continuously for at least 26 weeks into the 15th week before the week of your due date

Earning on average an amount that at least equals the lower earnings limit, which applies on the Saturday at the end of your 15th week. (This is the amount you have to earn before you are treated as paying National Insurance contributions.)

To make a claim, you simply have to tell your employer when you want your SMP to start and provide medical evidence (a MAT B1 form) of the date your baby is due.

Everyone’s SMP varies according to their salary, although the last 13 weeks of SML (if you choose to take it), is unpaid:
For the first six weeks you’ll be paid at 90% of your average gross weekly earnings with no upper limit
For the remaining 33 weeks, you’ll be paid at the lower of either the standard rate of £135.45, or 90% of your average gross weekly earnings. This rate is subject to review every April.

The last 13 weeks of SML, if you choose to take it, is unpaid.

Good news: If you’re a non-British worker with a UK working visa you may be able to get SMP – even if your visa includes the condition that you have “no recourse to public funds”, although this depends on your recent employment and earnings history.
And if you’re a worker (say freelance), rather than an employee your employer may allow you to take unpaid leave. Alternatively, you might be able to take paid holiday, unpaid leave or parental leave.

 

[SarahLou372]

30mummyof1 - Thank you for this information it is really helpful

I was scared of them sacking me or laying me off for ttc so soon after starting my job or even being pregnant so soon after starting work

Also I get paid monthly for my job does this matter. Its roughly 250 a week if I try my best to divide it up over a week for a month. Does it matter how much you earn as to how much maternity leave or pay you get?

Ladies i have started my WTT Journal and have posted up now so its available to read

Does anyone know I can get a link to it on my signature please?

 

[Jrepp]

Hi ladies, may I join you? A little bit about me: married June 2013 and started ttc right away. Had a miscarriage in August, October, and January. We recently started seeing a fertility specialist (reproductive endocrinologist) and during the sis they found scar tissue in my uterus and there is some concern about my right tube being damaged/blocked from an appendectomy a few years ago. I am having surgery April 11th to remove scar tissue, check for blocked/damaged tubes and try to fix and retro flexed tipped and rotated uterus. I won't be able to try again until may or June.

I have a blog outside of b&b. The link is in my signature (eventual momma)

 

[Tove]

Hi everyone! We are planning to start ttc #1 in june and I am so excited for it. We 'set the date' last august so it really feels like the home stretch now. Every week I smile when I see my ticker count down and when it changes month it feels even better

I have been on bcp for a couple of years but decided to*quit them starting 2014 and I have no regrets about it. I am now on my third cycle without them and with charting I feel like I have learnt so much about my body.

One thing I am thinking about is how I am going to be able to bd so many days in a row in my fertile window when we start ttc. I am quite happy with once or twice a week... I just hope it doesn't feel forced when we increase the frequency.

 

[EmilieMina]

We will start ttc in May right during our honeymoon. I am still taking the pill since I do not want a visit from af during our wedding day or something like that. I am on the pill for 14 years now so I know that we won't get pregnant right away. I guess it will take until 2015 but cannot wait to try. We talked about children before but I wanted to wait until after the wedding.

 

[30mummyof1]

You never know, plenty fall pregnant straight away! good luck

 

[EmilieMina]

Well we hope that will happen of course but don't want to get disappointed... So better to be pessimistic for now

Thank you!

 

[Tove]

My ticker now shows less than 2 months to go. Always so happy to see another week or month pass

 

[30mummyof1]

Yes i like that too Tove