Teeki - The problem with that is proof. How do I prove my job was stressful? How do I prove that the boss made it impossible for me to continue with his attitude and unwillingness to understand that my son had fricken whooping cough, and I needed to be there for him? I do have proof that my DS tested positive though.

Wysiwyg - The decision to stop work can be made on a health basis. If there are pregnancy complications or premature birth etc you're covered. But I'm stuck in a grey area. My pregnancy was fine... it was the child already in my care who needed me. I was also tested for whooping cough and tested negative, however was advised to be treated and take time off as well. As a result of me doing this, my boss flipped out and it ended up costing me my job. Long story short he publicly had a HUGE go at me about the time I took off..... as well as being at work while sick with a potentially harmful disease...... he just wasn't getting my point. I took the time to quarantine myself and treat myself, then came back as soon as I was in the clear. I tried to explain that with whooping cough, you don't just make a miraculous recovery. I had a debilitating cough for at least 8 weeks, all the treatment does is make me non-infectious.

I couldn't get that point across to him, he wanted to carry on in front of other staff. On my birthday. I cried, and left the office, he followed and continued to hassle me, and I went home an absolute mess. I was getting so depressed and it was really affecting me. So the next day I resigned without notice. (I was casual)

I hope that rambly story made sense. But seriously, I've had no luck whatsoever in the past with receiving any kind of compassion from centrelink. They are black and white. I am grey. (unfortunately not 50 shades either... who has sex like that anyway???? but I digress..)

WWYD? List an earlier EDD? The questions they ask are 'did you work at least 8hrs per week between date x and date y' my answer is no.... because date y is my 'edd' and nobody works up till their last week of pregnancy. Well, very few. So most people would answer no. Then the next question says 'will there be or has there been an 8 week break between working days?' well, my answer is yes. Yes there has been because I resigned. But my point is that I worked 10 months from start to finish, within a 13.5month period before my EDD.

Shouldn't I then qualify?

*head explodes*