please help maternity pay

[cookismum2]

I am off on maternity leave and not due back to work until 21st july but have found out I am pregnant again and this baby is due end of October...does any one know whe
at months is taken into consideration when calculating your maternity pay as I think I may need to go back earlier than July to get full pay.please any info would be great as I dont want to tell work yet about my pregnancy?

[brettgirl2]

It's the eight weeks prior to the 15th week before your due date

The direct gov website is good and the exact rules will be there. It does sound like if you want to get full pay you will need to go back sooner though - but not for too long!

Also remember that you need to give 8 weeks notice to return.

[cookismum2]

thanks for that will check out the web site