Also conceiving another child whilst on maternity leave is perfectly acceptable according to UK Law. She may have had an accident, or even if it was intentional, she had clearly put her career 1st for a number of years & time was against her. Some women have exceptional circumstances where they have only got a very small time slot to get another child in where health matters are concerned. Should women be denied this right for business reasons? I for one had to get my 2nd child in quickly as I have a health problem & I know for a fact that if I had left it too late I would not have had a 2nd child. It was hard enough having my 1st child, in fact she was a happy accident as my hubby & I thought that we could not have children. (I have a serious health problem for which I will always receive treatment as it is incurable). Not everything revolves around work, but I enjoyed my job, I was good at it, I was very qualified for it & was outraged when my employer did exactly the same thing to me. I suffered a sustained period of bullying from mymanager & collegues as soon as my 1st pregnancy was common knowledge. This was hard to handle, as I was trying to keep calm for my unborn baby's sake. I will not give up on fighting my corner on this one. The upside for me is I have 2 beautifull & healthy children that I never thought I would have. I would certainly hope that my daughter will not come up against this sort of thing in the future.