Maternity Grant

[flashy]

when i was pregnant with Reece i got £100 maternity grant, now its £500, just been talking to my bro-in-laws sister in town and she's having twins, she'll be getting £1000, £500 per child, she told me she will be getting everything second hand and that the money will be going on her other kids christmas presents, i couldnt believe it

 

[emzy]

I got £1000 (£500 per child) and every penny plus a lot more went on the boys, they had everything new, it cost a fortune but I have always been the same with the boys and they get the best I can afford and every spare penny goes on them, wouldnt dream on spending their money on me

 

[onlyme]

since when have the boys drunk vodka and smoked fags then?

 

[emzy]

since when have the boys drunk vodka and smoked fags then?

Shhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Benipete]

I got £1000 (£500 per child) and every penny plus a lot more went on the boys, they had everything new, it cost a fortune but I have always been the same with the boys and they get the best I can afford and every spare penny goes on them, wouldnt dream on spending their money on me

When my daughter was born I think we got tokens for milk powder of some sorts.Decided then one was enough,coffee tasted awful.Never got any grants of money though.
But then again you had somewhere to work.Seems like pregnancy is the new cottage industry.

 

[emzy]

But then again you had somewhere to work.Seems like pregnancy is the new cottage industry.

I for one didnt have kids just to get out of working. I worked at least 10 hrs a day until I was 7 1/2 months pregnant (would have finished a lot sooner than this if the doctors had had anything to do with it and the reason I finished work was because that I could no longer climb the 2 flights of stairs at a decent pace between my office and the loo's and I was no longer able to reach my computer when sat down!), and did not plan on having children, never mind having twins.

I had ever intention of returning to work after my maternity leave but due to circumstances beyond my control I have been unable to return to work as life has not turned out as planned for me

 

[Caz]

I for one didnt have kids just to get out of working. I worked at least 10 hrs a day until I was 7 1/2 months pregnant (would have finished a lot sooner than this if the doctors had had anything to do with it and the reason I finished work was because that I could no longer climb the 2 flights of stairs at a decent pace between my office and the loo's and I was no longer able to reach my computer when sat down!), and did not plan on having children, never mind having twins.

I had ever intention of returning to work after my maternity leave but due to circumstances beyond my control I have been unable to return to work as life has not turned out as planned for me

Emzy, you don't have to justify yourself.

People shouldn't see things like this in such black and white terms.

The majority of single parents are in the predicament due to circumstances beyond their control. issues can be totally different.

It is a minority, even though it may not seem so, that give the genuine ones a bad name and bring on comments like that.

Must say though, even I was amazed at the size of maternity grant.

Think it was £75 , 19 years ago when I had my twins, and seem to recall having to wait until after the birth to claim for the second one

£500 is a nearly a 6 fold increase

 

[emzy]

Emzy, you don't have to justify yourself.

People shouldn't see things like this in such black and white terms.

The majority of single parents are in the predicament due to circumstances beyond their control. issues can be totally different.

It is a minority, even though it may not seem so, that give the genuine ones a bad name and bring on comments like that.

Must say though, even I was amazed at the size of maternity grant.

Think it was £75 , 19 years ago when I had my twins, and seem to recall having to wait until after the birth to claim for the second one

£500 is a nearly a 6 fold increase

I know I dont have to justify myself but do feel a need to sometimes because we all seem to get tarred with the same brush before people know the facts.

 

[Caz]

Been there, got the tee shirt Emzy. Been looked down on by so called reputable citizens.

Just makes us good uns want to show em.
Got 2 good lads all grown up now and at uni, while some of the "reputable" family set ups have spawned prison fodder

 

[emzy]

Been there, got the tee shirt Emzy. Been looked down on by so called reputable citizens.

Just makes us good uns want to show em.
Got 2 good lads all grown up now and at uni, while some of the "reputable" family set ups have spawned prison fodder

Your a few years ahead of me but hopefully I will successfully raise these 2 in the way that I want to and they will make me proud (not that im not already)

 

[onlyme]

You go Emzy!! Single mothers of the world unite, and all that Jazz

I didnt get a maternity grant as I was working, My maternity leave was 10 days, as I hadnt been working at the company for proper maternity leave, so had to use cummulative holidays. That was after a difficult birth, where little one was born dead and was thankfully resuscitated.

I think its disgraceful the way single parents are blamed and slated for everything. Yobs on the street? Because they come from single parent families. Economy problems? Must be all the handouts single parents get? Conflicts in Iraq and Afghan? Must be those damn single mothers again....

 

[emamum]

They are bringing out a new one in June.. £190 for nearly all pregnant women

Nursing & Midwifery Council - Health in Pregnancy Grant to be launched April 2009

that will be as well as the £500 maternity grant because that one is for the baby and the £190 is for the mother.

 

[blazey]

Let's not give Jeremy Kyle too much credit just yet, he makes money off poverty! He capitalises on the misery of others.

The reason I can see a flaw in this kit thing that people have suggested is that whilst it may be made up of cheaper things such as baby clothes and bit and bats, someone will have to put it all together which requires employee's, then it would need health and safety checks and so on and so forth and it would end up costing much more.

I prefer the idea of vouchers, but it reminds me of a shop in accrington which would allow people to spend milk tokens on anything you liked rather than just milk.

The idea of creating more regulation creates more law breakers comes to mind.

 

[jaysay]

Its been reported in numerous papers his morning that since the Maternity Grant was increased teenage pregnancies have rocketed, around 45,000 more babies a year are born to unmarried teenage girls than previously, which accounts for one in every fifteen babes born. These figures were revealed in a Government funded survey

 

[blazey]

Its been reported in numerous papers his morning that since the Maternity Grant was increased teenage pregnancies have rocketed, around 45,000 more babies a year are born to unmarried teenage girls than previously, which accounts for one in every fifteen babes born. These figures were revealed in a Government funded survey

And I'm pretty sure they didn't use a turkey baster. Men don't have to have unprotected sex with girls. Where are these 45,000 so called men that have provided the sperm!?

 

[Taggy]

And I'm pretty sure they didn't use a turkey baster. Men don't have to have unprotected sex with girls. Where are these 45,000 so called men that have provided the sperm!?

The thing is though, most of them arn't Men theyr'e Boys!, with a much higher Sperm Count than IQ level. They dont give a damn, and are quite prepared to Father kids and walk away, and i'm afraid there's very little in todays society to discourage them either! Many of these Girls are getting Pregnant deliberatly to milk the Benefit system and avoid work. They seem to put more thought these days into buying a mobile phone than they do to planning parenthood.

I think providing them with the basic equipment (Government Issue) is a much better idea. It would actually cost far less in the long run i feel. It need not be too complicated, and could be operated via an extension of facilities that we already have in place ie Hospital Stores Departments and Occupational Therapy dept who already provide equipment for Elderly and Disabled people.

Child Benefit should also be limited to just the first child only. I know its not a great deal of money, and wouldn't solve the problem, but we need to get away from an idea where the state provides help to the most irresponsible members of society.

People with True hardship, illness and disability should be the main beneficiaries of State Help.

Best Regards - Taggy

 

[jaysay]

And I'm pretty sure they didn't use a turkey baster. Men don't have to have unprotected sex with girls. Where are these 45,000 so called men that have provided the sperm!?

I think Taggy is right they're not men but boys, plus the fact is, if a female of any age doesn't want to get pregnant they don't have to this day and age. I'm darn sure if I knew I was being sadled with something I didn't want, I'd take precations to make sure I didn't end up with it

 

[Neil]

I think Taggy is right they're not men but boys, plus the fact is, if a female of any age doesn't want to get pregnant they don't have to this day and age. I'm darn sure if I knew I was being sadled with something I didn't want, I'd take precations to make sure I didn't end up with it

It takes 2 to make babies and should take 2 to make sure you don't make one.

It may sound sexist or whatever but if you are female and don't want a baby then ultimately it is up to you to make sure you don't. Blaming the man afterwards is not good contraception.

 

[blazey]

It takes 2 to make babies and should take 2 to make sure you don't make one.

It may sound sexist or whatever but if you are female and don't want a baby then ultimately it is up to you to make sure you don't. Blaming the man afterwards is not good contraception.

Why is it ultimately upto the woman? Surely sex is a concensual experience where both people share a meeting of the minds and agree to have sex? Both should think about contraception and think of the consequences of that contraception failing them and if they can't manage that or don't agree then they simply shouldn't have sex!

Equal decision, equal problem, equal blame. None of this ultimately it's either of the partners fault as an individual.

 

[blazey]

I think Taggy is right they're not men but boys, plus the fact is, if a female of any age doesn't want to get pregnant they don't have to this day and age. I'm darn sure if I knew I was being sadled with something I didn't want, I'd take precations to make sure I didn't end up with it

And I did say 'so-called men' didn't I. In other words boys who think they're all grown up and mature. Though I know of a few older ones who are pretty pathetic in terms of being men as well.