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For moms who cosleep, what is your setup?

Looking for product recs or setup tips! ❤️

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Job

Hello everyone , so I wanted to find out if there are any remote or work from home jobs available for maternity mothers who are home right now taking care of their little ones . Please put me on , as I need to earn some money for upkeep as a single mother thank you Thank you

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Income/wages

Based on our current economy, would yall say $15/hr/40hr week is doing good? 22 y/o female. Kinda considering career change or just feel like i should be doing more/ working harder but its hard with a full time schedule already and the little one

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Centrelink payments after PPL

Can someone please give me the low down on Family tax A &B/ parental payment please? 🙏🏼 My 18 weeks of PPL is coming to an end soon & I wondering whether I’m eligible for any other assistance but Centrelink is sooo confusing!

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Paternity Leave

Haye moms! My husband and I are trying to get an idea of how much time he’ll need off after birth. I’m due late October and it’ll be our first child. How long did your partners take off work?🙂

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How to make them understand I can't afford to go out

I keep getting a few people who ask me to go out and grab food and when I say would it be OK to just grab coffee and go for a walk somewhere they say no and suggest somewhere cheaper instead. It might be cheaper but finances are so tight at the moment, they've said for me to 'just use my savings' but those savings a...

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Birth plan

I am feeling totally overwhelmed. I've been asked to think about my birth plan. On my app there are loads of questions and I don't even know where to begin. Any advice welcome please

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1st day back to work

today is my first day off maternity leave and back to work. 😭 here’s what it looks like so far. bubs’ face is how i truly feel…

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Becoming a SAHM

HI, How did you navigate becoming a SAHM? I enjoy working just not at my current job. I have about 2 months before I'm on Maternity Leave. I don't have plans to return after and we may even move our family out of state (VA-NC). I'm at the point in my pregnancy where I am mentally tapped out and coming into work ...

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Advice please. I couldn’t afford nursery costs. So I’m not working and I’m staying at home with my son. Everyday I’m waking up with the stress of not having a salary. Any uk based mums that have found something that works for them please

share 🙏🏼 I have no help with childcare so I’m unable to go back to work. Trying to find something I could do on my phone or a computer. 🥺🙏🏼

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Government funded hours

Just wondering if anyone in this group can help me out. So my son who will be 3 in August, currently gets 15 hours for working parents and will be entitled to 30 hours when the new term starts in September. My question is, I’ll be going on maternity leave on 9th November and I get maternity allowance because I’m se...

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REMOTE JOBS

Does anyone know where can I find remote jobs? I’ve been looking for a looooong time and I just can’t find anything

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Can I work whilst on maternity during unpaid leave period.

Hi. So I took maternity September 23 for a year. This was split into 6 months full pay, 3 months SMP and 3 months unpaid. I am now in my unpaid stretch and have decided to hand my notice in. My notice period is 3 months so my formal contract will end in October. I have read online that during your maternity leave...

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Funded places?!?

So I’ve got a place at nursery for 2 days a week for my LO. Their regular day rate is £64 7.30am-5.30pm. Their funded day is 9am-4pm, £15 sustainability fee. Then the 7.30-9am and 4-5.30pm sessions are an extra £9.35 each so that’s nearly £34 a day even though they’re funded! Help I don’t understand how this works 😂

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WFH Job Opportunities

Why is it so hard to find a WFH job that isn’t a damn MLM or scam!? This is so annoying.

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C section pre op

Hi all With PAH, they said they will contact me for preop for when I am 38 weeks. I assumed they'd call me the week before letting me know about the app, but I've had nothing so far (currently 37+4) Has anyone had experience with this? I will chase up with them, but also not sure if they will just call me during ...

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Work from home after baby ?

Hi Mamas, My little one is now 7 months and I'm looking for part-time work-from-home job ideas. I'd love to hear from other Mamas about what kinds of jobs you've done since having a baby. I'm hoping to stay at home with my little one rather than sending her to nursery, (until she’s around 2y/o) but I also want ...

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Egg freezing vs embryo freezing

Hi, I’m new to this but wanted to check if NSW does embryo freezing? Fertility clinics like adora mentions egg freezing but is it the same as embryo freezing? My fertility doctor overseas recommended to find someone local who does embroyo freezing so I’m not sure if Sydney offers that. Any advice?

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working full time to SAHM

Hi! Does anyone have any experience or advice? My husband just got a new job that pays amazing, I currently work 4 days a week but I don’t make to much. We’ve talked a lot about me becoming a stay at home mom, and I really want to do it but I’m nervous for just people’s opinions, money, staying busy etc. I currently...

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WFH Moms

Do any moms work from home or know of any WFH jobs hiring??

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