MAT leave

Has anyone started mat leave yet? Or when is everyone going off?

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I went off at 34 weeks x

I finished work at 34+3 and I used 2 weeks of holiday so I actually officially start mat leave at 37 weeks but because of holiday started sooner x

I have 13 shifts left and will finish when I'm 38+3. I work in retail and I'm pushing it that late so I don't have to work Christmas

I went off at 32 weeks and enjoying my final weeks with my toddler.

I'm self employed and pregnant with baby number 3 and I'm working until 39 weeks 😂 I'd much rather have the time off when baby is here xx

Yup just started 😁 feels amazing to be able to fully focus on what’s to come now.

I start my MAT leave at 39 +5 . Took 2 weeks off as AL so will stop working at 37+5. I wanted as much time off as I could get when the baby's here.
The regret has kicked in, I wish I started my MAT leave already as the pain is on another level and I still have 5 x 13 hour shifts left 😫

I got on mat leave at 39weeks , I want to try and get as much money and time with the baby as possible

I’m on 5 weeks of AL until April 1st then mat leave starts x

My mat leave dont start till my due date but I had to take over montb holiday before had so ive been off xx

I’m having a planned section at 38 weeks. I finish work at 37 weeks using a week of annual leave and then mat leave starting at 38 weeks x

I’m starting my mat leave on 1st April at 36+6 weeks. So still 3,5 weeks of work xx

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One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.