UK maternity pay

Bee

Hello!

I was just wondering if any of you uk mama's to be are going to take the full 52 weeks leave, and if so how are you going to budget for the last unpaid 13 weeks? I'd been mentally preparing to take a pay cut and saving money here and there but somewhere in my pregnancy brain I forgot about the fact that last 13 weeks will be unpaid and now I'm doing a mini panic in my head about money!

I'm lucky in the fact that I've got a husband who can support me, but I'm so used to having my own money and paying my way fairly, I guess I just need to adjust!

Any advice will be appreciated!