what "help" can you recieve while pregnant??

Question

Hi

I am 3 months pregnant with my second child. My partner works full time, and i havent been employed since before my 1st child was born 3 years ago (this was due to a number of issues, one of which was that my daughter was very poorly for the 1st 2 years of her life)
So at the moment we are on 1 income, we do have a little help with tax credits, both the child and working. we also have a little help with the rent. But can i recieve any help with my pregnancy?

i know its a long shot, but i thought id ask

Many thanks in advance

Melissa, im sorry if i sound rude, but i do not need "Hand outs".
Just a little Help. Not every one is blessed with a high earning job, and not everyone has family or friends to help.
And just a little help can go a long way.

I should of said, i live in the Uk.

Answer 1

I know this one (kind of)! Where I live, we have a lady who works for the CAB and SureStart and my midwife gave me her number. She did a telephone consultation with me on Friday night which was very useful.


Anyway, if you haven't worked 26 weeks out of the 66 weeks leading up to the birth of your baby you can't get MA, but you can get something else if you don't qualify (I can't remember what it is as I will get MA). You can get extra child tax credits after the child is born, possibly rent rebate, and there is a SureStart grant for £500 you can get after the child is born. Oh with maternity benefits, working tax credits, child tax credits, housing benefits, SureStart grants etc, I don't think you can fall off!

Call your local CAB or Surestart and see if they have a person who deals specifically with maternity/baby benefits like we do here. I have found it's brilliant - I will be able to stay off work for nearly a year with my baby and I won't be any worse off than if I was working full time, and the maintenance payments the father is going to pay don't even get taken into consideration when they are calculating your benefits. I have heard it said that you are 'made' once you have a baby but I would never have believed it was true until I got all the facts from the CAB!

Good luck - get whatever you can - you don't need the extra stress right now.

Answer 2

Don't listen to those on a high horse sweetheart, they're just close-minded and immature. No doubt you paid plenty of taxes before you had your daughter!! Unfortunately there's not a lot of maternity pay type stuff you can get as you havent worked, however you are entitled to a few weeks incapacity benefit which is £80 pw around the birth I think. Other than that, if you receive the highest amount of tax credit, you might be able to get a sure start grant of £500 to help with the costs of things you will need to buy. If you pop to your nearest CAB or jobcentre, they can tell you what you qualify for. :) Congrats and Good Luck

Answer 3

The nothing wrong with needing a little help it is hard with or with out family to help, and unless your husband works the same hours everyday even if you got a part time job you would need a babysitter which is not even cheap and you have to be very carefully with who you leave your children with.
you could always try the state insurance program Medicaid or kid care ( i live in ill here we have a program for parents who work its like a second ins). Try WIC in the state of ILL its for pregnant women and kids 5 and under, also try food stamps. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 4

You can get a maternity grant which you qualify for if you recieve anything more than 545 a year child tax credit. It is 500 pounds and you can claim it anytime from 28 weeks pregnant.

Answer 5

If you go to the www.directgov.gov.uk web site that will give you lots of advice and information about what you could be entitled to for example: grants, benefits, and maternity pay to help support you and the baby financially while on maternity leave. Or could also alternatively speak to your local job centre plus adviser about social security during pregnancy and post pregnancy.

Answer 6

Well there is alot of help out there such as WIC....i am currently a full time employee and have BCBS insurance but it was not enough to cover my medical bills i applied and was accepted for Medicade... Its worth a try good luck

Answer 7

No. you may in ordinary terms document AFTER the toddler is born. yet you will get an early commence on it by utilising getting the paperwork filled out and able to decide for while the toddler is born. (via fact paperwork sucks while attempting to shield a newborn.)

Answer 8

There is Sure Start. Talk to your midwife and she'll ( or he) have all the relevant information.

Good luck and I hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy

Answer 9

Medecaid?

Answer 10

you can apply for medicaid from your state. most states will allow a pregnant woman medicaid, and it will cover everything up to the child is one year old.