Very daft expected due date question!

[mumfor1standmaybe2ndtime]

I am thinking of having an elective section, how will this affect my 'expected due date' (or whatever it is called!) with respect to notice I have to give work for maternity leave and for any other paperwork I have to fill in.
What I mean is -
Would my due date be at 38 weeks or still at 40 weeks? (midwife tells me c section would be done at 38w)
Does that make sense?

your EDD is 40 weeks (or 9mnths and 1week to work it out easier) from the date of your last period. The CS date wil just be the CS date not your EDD.

Thanks! Just thought about it today and didn't know if it affected maternity leave, but obviously not!

BTW I did chuckle when I saw your new username.

Told you it was a daft question

Will have to change it again!

That does help, thanks. May keep a week holiday if I can to leave earlier.

twins?

Not sure yet! Will keep you informed!lol.

I had an emergency c section with ds as he was undiagnosed breech and in distress and I had high blood pressure. Very traumatic.
So thinking of going for elective this time.

sorry i thought mum for 1st and maybe 2nd time meant twins but now see you have a DS already.

Ah I see! lol. Never thought of that.
Need to think of a new name I think

mumfor1st - my friend had a traumatic csec with first DD...she thought about an elective a lot for second one. In the end she entered into an agreement with her consultant that she would only be able to labour for 6 hours and if she looked no where near delivering after that they would perform another csect. It did mean the second csect was also classed as an 'emergency' as she was in labour, but she is so pleased she did it like that, was very chilled, she was ready, she hadn't been labouring for 20 hours like her first then had to have a massive operation....she recovered a lot quicker too.

Just an idea to think about....

Thanks Neeerly3, I wasn't in labour for long with ds. Waters broke at home at 6am and I was very chilled out until contractions got stronger by around 2pm - every 2 mins. Drove to hospital and felt ok until I got into delivery suite when they told me something was wrong. I was in established later wanting to push shortly after I arrived but was taken in for c section. So not really worried about length of labour, just the fact that I had no idea what was going on most of the time as noone talked to me. Most of it I don't remember as I passed out.

Glad your friend had a better experience 2nd time around, I am also hoping for more chilled time.

mumfor1 - dont know if this helps or is relevant but even though the c-section date wouldn't affect your official due date as per your matb1 form, your maternity leave/SMP automatically starts when the baby is born if this is before the official due. Worth taking into account when planning any annual leave etc when you finish up.

My employer pays 6 weeks of full pay from when I leave work. So if I leave 6 weeks early then 6 weeks is full pay, then it turns to smp rate of pay. But I think my employer is just topping up my smp, not getting any extra time off as such.

I thought your smp pay and time off was from when you decide to leave work and not from when baby arrives? ie 4/6/8 etc weeks before edd?

I can't remember as having ds seems so long ago lol!

Your ordinary maternity leave will normally start at the date you arrange with your employer e.g. 4 weeks before your EDD, unless the baby decides to make an appearance before then.

If the baby comes before that date that you started your maternity leave, then your maternity leave has to start from then.

If you plan to start your maternity leave with some annual leave and you know you're going to be early because of elective c-section it's worth making sure your annual leave is before the c-section date.

Generally, if someone is starting their leave with annual leave it's worth making sure that you can definitely carry forward the annual leave into the next holiday year if maternity leave starts early because the baby arrives early. IYSWIM.

Your 6 weeks full pay from your employer will count as part as your 39 weeks entitlement to SMP.

HTH

Yes I understand now! lol.

Although I have no idea what annual leave is?

holiday entitlement! Good luck when the time comes.

Thanks!