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Bosss ass mommies??

Looking for other boss ass mommies like myself. I’m a WFM, SAHM. Let’s be friends 😌

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SMP

Hello, this may be a silly question however I really do not know the answer. If I change to part time at work for the last three weeks before maternity leave will this affect SMP? I'll be 34 weeks Sunday. Thanks in advance 💫

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Return to work. Please help!

Hi mamas, I’m supposed to be returning to work from mat leave in November. I don’t have family or support in the country and I’m also a single mom so ideally I would like to be a SAHM and work from home! I’ve never worked from home before. Can anyone recommend jobs that are looking for vacancies right now? Ideally w...

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Carrying over BH rights

Anyone knows the rights on being able to carry accrued holidays into next year whilst you've been on maternity leave? This is specifically regarding the accrued bank holidays as my employers policy does not allow to carry over holidays in general. But wonder if rights are different for being on maternity leave? Also...

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Remote Jobs Help!

Hey mamas, I’m posting just in case the mom I care for has this app. I really need to find a remote job! I babysit for extra cash but I literally cannot anymore. The kid I babysit does not get disciplined at all. They hit my baby with a chair and I can’t do anything about it so I when I told her mom she just ques...

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Would you travel to another city for the weekend at 37 weeks pregnant?

For more context, I would be driving and not flying. And its a city within my state, but if I were to go into labor there I would have to give birth in a hospital there as I wouldn't be able to travel to my hospital of choice.

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Insuring babydaddy

Does anyone have life insurance on their bd? What company is it with and how much are you paying?

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Remote jobs with equipment provided

Does anyone know of any remote jobs who provide the equipment please I really need help

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17 weeks with no insurance

I’m 17 weeks and work a part time job without any benefits. I applied for Texas Medicare back in July and was denied for some odd reason. The reason they gave me didn’t make any sense because I didn’t even have a job at the time and my boyfriend and father were helping me pay my bills. My boyfriend attempted to put ...

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Pay

Do we go up a pay scale even if we've been on maternity leave for a year?

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Advice?

Does anyone know a website or something that helps with bill payments? Our T-Mobile bill is so behind near $1000. We made a payment and then they added another bill it doesn’t get better. We have rent coming up so we can’t make a big payment again anytime soon. It’s so embarrassing that it got to this

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Paternity

My partner goes back to work on Monday. I had an emergency C section 2 weeks ago. I'm still in pain and I still can't do heavy lifting. I'm worried about how I can cope with looking after my baby by myself when he goes back to work. Any advice or tips for easing the pain?

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I need MONEY

I’m a stay at home mom and I need to make some cash BAD. I am about to try getting a weekend serving job because I owe taxes 😭 but I really would like to find something I can do online to make some extra money to help pay bills etc. any ideas? I have been applying to remote jobs on indeed and ZipRecruiter but I…

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Looking for maternity leave advice please

I’ve been with my employer since September last year they have just given me a written warning and three months probation period which will take me up till December when I’m due to go on maternity leave. If they did dismiss me just as I’m about to go on maternity leave would I still be entitled to statutory maternit...

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Booking appointment

Had my booking appointment today and was given aspirin as my mum had high blood pressure during pregnancy with me 😅😩 and they just wanna prevent preeclampsia. Been marked as a bit of higher risk pregnancy due to my bmi also 🫣

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Maternity Leave

When is everyone taking their maternity leave? I was going to start 1st February but my due date is 3rd February but taking all my holiday that I’m entitled to in January as I’m having a full year off, so my last working day is 20th December taking into account the Christmas break. Is this too early and will I get ...

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Childcare plans when returning to work

I’m going back to work in December this year and am very anxious about it! We have a mixture of mine and my partners mums and nursery for childcare and I worry about baby feeling like she’s being being pushed from pillar to post. She’ll be with my partners mum one day a week, my mum two days a week and then nursery ...

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Work

It's a general question. Are any of your jobs hiring? Thanks in advance.

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Work from home jobs ?

Any work from home or remote jobs It’s very hard for me to find a babysitter or daycare with one of my children being autistic

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Paternity leave

I know for maternity leave you need to make them aware before 25weeks but is it that soon for paternity as well? Thought it might be closer as it’s only 2 weeks

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