do i have any options regarding work?

[popsickle]

I just started working here ( at a solicitors) last month, anout exactly a month ago. Im nearly 15 weeks preegnant. Im absolutley hating it here. I really am. Im due on the 12th december. If i left here, what would be the difference in maternity pay / benefit that i would recieve. Its actually making me depressed. If there is a significant difference and it would be worth my while to stay then I will stick it but, what would be my loss if i left now? because i dont think i would have much chance of getting another job as im showing a bit now. I want to cry all the time and i dont talk to anybody. what do you think i should do?
thanks x x

[redcrx]

if you quit work or are sacked then i dont think you can claim any benefits relating to work for a few weeks.

Maternity pay from your employer would only be about �100 a week as started when already pregnant.

I dont know what youd be entitled to if you werent working but you would get child benefit at �17 a week regardless.

You may also be able to claim child tax credit and possibly other tax credits if your partner is on a low income.

[myselfness]

Go to the job centre (with an appointment is quicker) and they tell you all the stuff your entitled to, or ask your midwife about the Parents Guide to Money from the FSA

i got that when i was about 12 weeks and it tells you about all the options if at work or not before, during and after pregnancy

im not working for the first year (taking a gap year before uni) and we worked it out from the book i get around �120 a week (single parent) plus money from the dad through CSA

if you want to know now though the two main websites from the booklet are
www.parentsguidetomoney.fsa.gov.uk
www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk