Anyone feel robbed of their maternity? 😲 covid is awful and I am extremely greatful for health 💯 but a part of me feels sad that I won't be able to have a normal maternity leave. My boy is 3 months and it is flying by

My friend feels exactly the same she goes back to work Nov and has spent 3 months of her maternity in lockdown x

My maternity started in February so I had a month of normality and then lockdown started. I go back at the end of the year, hopefully things calm a bit more before then

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I hope so too hope you get to enjoy some time before you go back! x

Unfortunately everyone is losing out on something. My pregnancy is being effected as well. The bright side is that you have had lots of amazing time at home with your little one 🥰

Same I had my son in March and I have to go back to work July. Only good thing is I get to watch him grow for these 4 months

YESSS I had so many plans I feel really lost I wanted to take my son for days out with family,swimming, play groups etc and we are just stuck in the house staying safe. I’m glad got our health and hopefully he will love hearing the stories in years to come

Yes 😩 I was so excited to bring my baby around the family. They’ve only been able to witness him growing up through pictures. I hate it.

Yes! I feel this so hard. Our daughter is 3 months old and by the time she arrived home from the NICU covid was going on. She has yet to meet family and friends and it makes me so sad. I feel like we’re missing out on so many things, but then again I know everybody is in some way! It just sucks!!

I feel robbed!! I’m Canadian so I get a year, but still! My daughter was 3 months old when this all started and she turned 6 months yesterday. She’s a completely different baby now from when my friends and most of my family last got to see her. And I wanted to be able to be out doing whatever I wanted while on mat leave. I’m sick of my house! Well. Not completely because I’m a homebody but still.

Not to trivialise your sadness but in USA there is no government maternity pay and only minimum of 6 weeks off. It’s not ideal in U.K. at the moment but we are SO LUCKY! X

Yes my little girl is 4 months old and has been quarantined her whole life so far

I feel exactly the same Had my baby two months ago and went on mat leave with lockdown so have been at home for nearly three months. I’m trying not to think of all the things I had planned like massages pedicures etc but I won’t ever get that time back. It’s hard but we are healthy and tats the main thing. Hopefully he’ll meet my friends and family soon and we can catch up on all swimming classes etc we had planned. Thank god for online shopping because I had not bought a thing !!

A little but on the other hand feel grateful to have had such quality time with my baby girl, to have my husband around more, and that when I do go back in a few weeks (when she's 6months) I'll be able to work from home, which will ease the transition

The thing that really bugs me with it is that I'm on half pay in my maternity package now yet my colleagues are on full pay and not working! I'm so depressed with it all

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But that’s what you’d be getting anyways even if there wasn’t COVID

🙋🏼‍♀️ Yep, I feel like by the time everything is completely normal I'll be having to go back to work without doing all the "normal" maternity leave things 😒xx