"Maternity pay isn't excessive - I had to save £15k to afford a baby"
by SWNS
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A new mum saved £15.5k for maternity leave - so she could afford to have a baby.
Alice Gregory, 30, was "shocked" when she found out the statutory maternity pay in the UK was just £184.03 a week - after falling pregnant late last year.
The mum-to-be realised the money would not even cover the bills and started saving straight away so she didn't have to be reliant on her partner, Dion McGrath, 31, support carer salary.
In nine months, Alice managed to save £7,000 from her salary and £8,500 from side hustles such as surveys and freelancing but felt a "pressure" to work to afford her own maternity leave.
Alice Gregory, 30, was "shocked" when she found out the statutory maternity pay in the UK was just £184.03 a week - after falling pregnant late last year.
The mum-to-be realised the money would not even cover the bills and started saving straight away so she didn't have to be reliant on her partner, Dion McGrath, 31, support carer salary.
In nine months, Alice managed to save £7,000 from her salary and £8,500 from side hustles such as surveys and freelancing but felt a "pressure" to work to afford her own maternity leave.