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Maternity pay/leave

So this may be a silly question but i just want to make sure i get my facts right - lets say I get my usual pay at the end of the month like on the 30th of every month and if i start maternity leave before the day i get paid, would my employer still pay me my salary for that month regardless if i start leave or not ...

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Wahhhhhhh!

My MIL bought us a blackstone for Christmas. I was so excited. And then today our dryer almost burned down our house 😒🙄 so like the blessed angel she is got us a dryer for Christmas instead. DAMN YOU STUPID DRYER (I really wanted a blackstone)

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Stay at home mums

Does it ever scare you thinking about the future like if your relationship broke down in the future - you wouldn’t have a pension when you’re older? And even if you didn’t break up there would only be one pension when you’re older. Doesn’t that scare you? I’m a sahm and I read an article recently regarding this ...

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Help

I’m 12 weeks pregnant I was content with welcoming a 4th child , however … I don’t want to be tied down to the guy I’m with , he pretty much forced his way in to my home and in to my life , he’s not living with me and I just want this all to end … so I’m considering an abortion… I know I know I should’ve kept my le...

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I need your opinion please ladies

Me and my baby daddy we don’t co parents as he’s everyday here, when I got pregnant he didn’t want the baby as we have different age and he wasn’t ready for it anyway fast word I hid the baby from him and eventually told him he wasn’t happy with it and came to term to with it, I had a very complicated labour and he ...

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Is it bad to use BC behind my husband’s back?

I do want another baby but I don’t think my husband is up for it yet. He’s just now as of being released from hospital quit drinking and our baby is almost 9 months old. He’s had bad issues. We had a beautiful first baby’s Christmas vacation planned and paid for that he ruined with his drinking and ended up in hosp...

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Kissing baby!? Opinions..

Right from when I found out I was pregnant with my 6 month old daughter I'd always envisioned setting certain boundaries but I will be honest and say they slipped my mind when motherhood took off! Since giving birth my little girl has had 3 colds, the latest one being the worst that developed into a chest infection....

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need friends!

random picture of my baby and i for attention 💖 hello! my name is vanessa and i am a 26 year old FTM to a beautiful 11 week old girl. i am from texas. i am looking for friends either local or even just online because postpartum has been insanely lonely and isolating, but i also didn’t have many friends before to…

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I know I should leave but don’t want to be a baby mother to two different men smh

I met my last daughter’s father 2 years ago and everything was amazing at the beginning. But after finding out I was pregnant really quick into the relationship everything changed, his baby mother became very present in the relationship and he stopped helping in the house He just ust thought his presence was enough...

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I like to separate friendship and relationship like my boyfriend ain’t gonna be around my friends and I ain’t going to be around his friends. Works best for me that way. Wbu?

Maybe I am like this from experience:)

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Can I stay with a cheating baby daddy

We have a 1 year old and my baby daddy cheated through our relationship. At the beginning of when I was pregnant and whilst we have had our daughter. I found out back in August and left but feeling really lonely and want to be a family. Do you think there is any chance it would work or am I silly to even think he co...

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Royal woman’s hospital

Hey mamas, I am just wondering is anyone else on this app has had a bad experience with the Royal woman’s hospital regarding prenatal care, I am currently 36 weeks pregnant with GD and have been told I will be induced with no other option only to be told today that I will not be with no explanation. I just have no...

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Thrush

Anyone got any tips on how to get rid of vaginal thrush? Cream makes it 10x worse😢

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Bs

Looking for friends who don’t want my man😸

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How often do you drop your phone?

Ladies, this will be a two part post. Part 1 is this poll. How often do you drop your phone vs your husband?

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Crying and in need of a friend

I really need a friend like genuinely. Not no messy relationship but a sisterhood. I am an introvert so it has been hard to maintain friendships and conversations in the past but I’m to the point where I’m losing my mind. I haven’t had any real friends or family since being here in Chicago and I need my kids to be a...

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