Hi girls, thankyou. I did have a win last week, that workforce manager dude I emailed emailed me back saying yea he does deal with hr issues in my area, so I told him my situation and he said the lwop shouldn't make a difference because I was still employed and doing paid working hours despite them, so I still have 40 completed weeks of service. I passed this onto the acting manager, and she said good, now all I need is a letter from my dr confirming my due date and to meet with the big big boss to approve and discuss dates. I have the dr appointment this morning. And hope to meet with the boss this week. So I should get mat leave from 38 weeks, now it's just a matter of if I can take 2 weeks annual leave before that so I only have to work until 36 weeks, FX!!

I'll keep you updated and I'll come in for more personals later, but right no I have to coax a toddler to get dressed so we can go!