PIP and social services

[FirstTimeMumWorries]

Hi. Im a 20year old first time mum and im 28 weeks pregnant so quite stressed. But im considering applying for Pip as it will help me out massively due to being unable to work because of my anxiety and hypermobility. Will social services get involved if i do? I don’t want them thinking i cant look after my son. Or that he will be caged in his home or that he’ll be neglected or anything like that because i can’t go out on my own really and some days im just in too much pain to go out. I have my partners full support and he is self employed so his hours are incredibly flexible but i just wanna know if it’s a better idea to wait until my sons here? Or to sugarcoat it a bit? My midwife said it won’t cause any issues however my partners family have told me that she’s probably lying and it’s just made me very worried.

SS are not automatically informed if you apply for PIP.

many disabled people are parents.

SS won’t even give you a disability social worker unless there’s a lot of other stuff going on.

Have you been on Pip before or were you in education/working up until now?

Pip don’t inform social services.

Partners family seem like they are just trying to scaremonger you out of things. Just because you are stressed or depressed does not mean you neglect your child. You can be depressed and still show up as a good parent for your child, the two realities can co-exist.