Baby due date weekend - maternity leave

[Babyshine2020]

So, my baby's due date falls on Saturday 8th August, I'm currently trying to work out my maternity leave and I was wondering would my first day of Mat leave be Monday 10th August or the weekend?

I'm taking 2 weeks holiday prior to this date and I'm working on the logic baby comes when it's due, I know it doesn't work like that, but that's what me/my HR team are planning.

I'm looking online and getting contradicting answers, I was hoping for a nice simple calculator woth something like "baby born" "first day of SMP" "return date to work". I plan on taking the 39 weeks and depending when the Mat would start based on current dates that would mean I'd return either 7th or 10th May (Friday or Monday)

It's the date your baby is born if before the due date, or due date regardless of what day it is hope that helps

I took two weeks annual leave and baby arrived on the Saturday between that and the start of my maternity leave the following Monday, and HR at my work were happy that my maternity leave still started on the Monday because he came at the weekend so it didn't really change anything. But if baby had arrived earlier than that, the dates would have changed as maternity leave would have had to begin earlier.

@Persipan that's very helpful, thanks. I know it starts the day that baby is born, so if they come earlier than "planned" then it's tough, I just didn't know how it worked over the weekend!