Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

I have a 4 month old and unfortunately now a single mum. I would like to change my career but wondering if anyone can give me the pros and cons for the following three: -paediatric nursing - social worker -primary teacher I know all are difficult and ideally on qualifying I'd be part time. I'm really struggling wit...

Hi ladies, please don't judge. I'm curious about another stream of income that won't take me too far out of my comfort zone. Im a first-time mom and I'm going back to school part-time. But I have to quit my full-time job as the workload with my LO is too much. I've always had a full-time job and 1 or 2 part-time job...

Hey honey’s, sorry this isn’t baby related sort of but i’m a single mum of 1, I work part time currently but i still cant manage to keep up with payments, its really affecting my mental health sadly (not here for sympathy) but I wanted to know if anyone has any advice on how to earn extra money. Any advice would be ...

Due back to work Nov 20th (taking 4 weeks leave) But can't create my account? When can I? Baby is starting nursery 2nd week Dec so I know funding will only begin in Jan.

Hi Ladies, if you are pregnant right now, how are you preparing for being off ? Are you taking the whole year off and how much maternity pay do you get from your employer if any? I have worked out we need to save for my half of the bills for 4months in order to take my whole mat leave off.

Hey y’all my younger sister ( 19 ) found out she’s pregnant with her exes baby. She wants to keep the pregnancy but not get back with bd l. She doesn’t have insurance or a job yet is there anything I can recommend for her to apply for or too?

I just found out I’m pregnant with baby #2, and I’m already thinking about the logistics since we don’t have any family nearby. How have other mums managed when they don’t have grandparents or close relatives around? I had an emergency C-section with my first baby, and I’m already leaning towards a planned one this...

Earlier on in the day he was asking me for crisps and coke and I was like 'am I supposed to pay for this with my arm or something?' Now he's asking for £30 for a GAME 😱 He's asked his mum for £80 for shopping and that game, but she hasn't paid him yet so he's asking me to charge it to my phone bill so he can get…

Any moms on here currently work in Medical Billing and Coding? Exploring my options for jobs working from home and would love some info on it 🤗

Has anyone thought to open a savings account for their baby yet? Are there any good options? I heard Junior ISA might be better than a regular savings account, anyone know much about it? Just looking to add £10 or so per month really until she's grown up

Hey, so just after a bit of advice really .. I work for the NHS and have done for 3 years, I’m due to have my first baby 19/12/2024, and was thinking of going on maternity leave around the end of November.. I’ve been given a form to complete with 2 options on in which I need to decide which to take for pay and I’m ...

My mat leave pay ends the end of the month and I’m wondering if UC will top me up as I can’t go back to work yet?

I know medical insurance will cover diapers for autistic children. I’m just wondering how to I go about doing that. Any mamas done that before?

Has anyone successfully received this? I’m not on any benefits but I am currently receiving maternity allowance as not getting paid by employer. It’s not clear if you can claim this just on maternity allowance or if you need to be claiming other benefits as well. Doesn’t seem fair in my opinion 🤔

Anyone works from home, trying to find sth for so long

So tired though, really unsure what to do!

So my maternity leave official ends and it’s back to work tomorrow. I didn’t sleep a wink last night and it’s only 7.30am and I have cried twice :( my little girl started nursery 5 weeks ago I wanted her to settle before going back and she is ok there but it just doesn’t make this any easier. I’m so so sad that I wo...

What style bib are you using and would or wouldn’t you recommend it?

Would you rather work at a job paying $12 an hour bringing in $500+ every 2 weeks or would you rather work gig jobs like GrubHub, Lyft, or Spark bringing in $500+ every week $20 an hour or so?

Just want to know if there is any cheap things to do during maternity leave, especially now that it’s starting to get colder. I live in borehamwood and my son is 4 months. I’m open to all suggestions. (Even if it’s expensive please leave a suggestion because I might be able to do the expensive activity at least ...