Maternity pay

You can try apply for universal credit, if you live in Scotland you can try apply for Scottish child payment and best start food grant, you can also apply for child benefits. They all depending on if you have a partner and how much they earn ect but it’ll be good just to have a look I applied for them regardless just to see if I’d get them.

The thought of my little one being alone with anyone is so hard Iv been trying to push back going to work for as long as I can.

Do you have any annual leave you could use to extend your time off?

Or dependant on your sickness policy and what you get paid for sickness you could always get signed off with your anxiety x

I think you can claim universal credits for a short while if your the main carer but I can't remember to what age. Make sure you're claiming child benefit too.

until they’re 2 x

it’s until they reach compulsory school age which is 5 (I’ve spoken to uc as I’ve not returned to work)

really!? I had no idea!

yep I put a message on my uc account to ask as childcare cost made not worth me working