@JD90 yeah it really worked out perfect. Because he is technically “laid off” after today, he’s entitled to the Canadian equivalent of job seekers allowance. Which is actually pretty good here. If I had given birth mid season he wouldn’t really have been entitled to much, he would have had to keep working. We get 40 weeks parental leave pay from the gov. Which he is entitled to half of, so we could have taken 20 weeks each, but then I wouldn’t have been paid for all of my scheduled leave from work. This way, I’m still entitled to take the full 40 weeks, whereas he is on his own separate job seekers dole.
With us both on the dole for the next 6 months, we have taken a huge pay loss, we will be making around 20% what we would usually bring in, but fortunately we have very low outgoings. And should be able to just dip into savings every now and again. I’ve never been so happy that we don’t have a mortgage payment every month, we ALMOST bought our first house at the start of the year. Our mortgage payment plus council tax on it would have been close to $4000 per month, whereas our rent is only $800 per month. As much as I would love my own place right now, it has taken a lot of stress off!
Im also not getting much sleep. I seem to have a small burst of energy at midnight, and so go for a walk around the house, usually have a snack, and then try and go back to bed around 2am, I may get a few hours Kip but always wake around 6am, then I’m well and truly f**ked for the rest of the day and just get in and out of bed!