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Hi all. Thanks for your messages and the useful link!
I plan to take all my holiday before I go on maternity leave so when I leave work at the end of November (if that's what I decide) the slate will be clean.
So I am assuming I will get the 6 weeks pay (at 90%) when I go off on maternity leave?
I just don't want to leave it until Xmas to leave, I think it'll be too close and I've heard how nice it is, if you can, to have some rest time in between.
Like I said, I am really not happy in my current job (I've only been here for 3 months so my pregnancy news is going to go down like a lead balloon when I tell them! Oops), so I would imagine I am going to find it completely unbearable with a massive bump to carry around too!
I think I'll be ready to leave in October, nevermind November! But I can't because I need the money :o(
Anyway, I have been reliably informed that the time at work flies and before I know it I'll be off on maternity leave, wobbling around like a weeball and willing the baby to come out!
Only 5 months to go before I can claim my freedom! (Ps. I don't plan to come back to this job afterwards, but obviously I won't tell them that yet!)
Thanks again for your replies.
xx