Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

Hi everyone, This is my first pregnancy, and I am currently early on at five weeks. I have a GP appointment coming up soon and would love to understand the process regarding healthcare for my pregnancy. Do I get to choose the hospital where I will give birth? is it possible to choose a C-section, or is that decisi...

I work 3 days a week (Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays), I'm entitled to 19 days holiday day, 8 of which are taken on Bank Holidays which leaves me 11 to take for the rest of the year. I've asked if I can have the Bank Holidays unpaid and then have the Holiday days back or if I can have extra days unpaid after my entit...

Hey ladies Im having trouble with employment rn. If you know any jobs hiring (Statesboro, Metter, Vidalia, Register, Swainsboro and cities around that) I have my PCA cert and CPR cert, good customer service experience, waitress and childcare experience. Please pleasee help a girl out 🥲

When do I update my Medicaid ? After birth orrrr now ? I’m due in August and Ik I’ll haha to reply and add my baby idk when to do that

My husband and I both are not working , we have a 2yr old and a baby otw , we’ both have been applying everywhere but are hearing nothing , it’s so hard not to stress , my blood pressure has been super high and I’m so overwhelmed, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make money quick , or remote jobs ?

Hi, I'm a teacher and I'm just wondering if there are any teachers (or anyone else!) that may know the answer to this - I'm going off on mat leave at the end of October this year and I plan on going back next September. I plan to also do my Keeping in Touch days in July. My question is will I get full pay over Augus...

I am currently off work sick due to extremely bad PGP and struggling with everything basically. A friend from work has just said that because I am off sick while I am pregnant it will affect my maternity pay once I do eventually go off. Can anyone tell me if this is true or not ? It's got me really worried now N ...

I've been a single mom now for a year, and I still am struggling to make ends meet financially. I'm home during the day with my daughter and I work as a cashier at a grocery store in the evenings. The thing that sucks is I never get the same amount if hours. One week I could get 20 hours next week it could be 9 hour...

It feels like everyone I know has partners who work from home or seem to do jobs where they can pop home in the day or leave late/get home early. Does anyone have a partner who is gone all day?? I feel like I’m the only one sometimes and so jealous of those whose partners are working from home!

Hi does anybody have any apps that they use for labour please, I am really keen on remaining calm but I have no apps or anything to listen to that will help, Im a week away from my due date:D Xxx

Hi girls- just wondering if anyone could help and maybe give me some advice. I’m being put on statutory maternity pay straight away, which I was expecting, although I’ve been at the company for 5 years now and was just wondering if anyone is in a similar situation and planning on trying to claim universal credit on ...

Does anyone know if a general holiday insurance cover will be okay or if I need a special one or to tell them I’m pregnant.

Hey everyone..just wondering would you recommend life insurance? Currently pregnant with my first baby and not sure if needed Thanks

Hello! This will be my last full month of full pay 😩, then I go down to SMP - how is everyone coping on this? Does it get taxed? How are you making money alongside this (vinted/ side hussles/ savings?) or are you getting into debt? I’m starting to worry a bit and also not ideal to be on SMP in the lead up to…

How is everyone deciding on when to go on maternity leave? Im due October 20th and can figure out wether to go on maternity the 1st of the month or try and go just a week or two before.. I would prefer to have a little break between work and when little one is here just so I can make sure that everything is 100%...

Does anyone know how we go about and when we should apply for this? I know it’s a bit of a way off yet. Also we have changed addresses once since I was son was born so not sure where I need to change address online in case they write us about it. I have changed doctors details and all the usual as well as my details...

Ways to make money, as a stay at home mom??! I have my children with my 24/7 but need more income, that’s somewhat steady. Any suggestions? 😩

I really need some help understanding Medicaid and wic. With my first child I lived at my moms so I just never changed her info but I don’t have Medicaid anymore and now I’m pregnant. Idk what to do cause I live with my boyfriend now but im scared he “makes to much” but not enough the can pay for me and both kids to...

Anyone knows if your employer doesn’t give you paid leave for maternity, what can we do??

tried a daycare job and brought the kid but stopped because they were always sick, but as someone who wants to work from home is anyone else thinking this would be to challenging to do that with a 16 mo? i’m just curious what other moms are doing in this situation