RE: Maternity Exemption Certificate

[Guest guest]

IIRC they have fairly recently changed the rules, so pharmacists have

to actually *see* the certificate, previously they would just take you

at your word (or your bump!!)

Maternity Exemption Certificate

>I was like some of you and did not realise I actually needed this bit

>of paper. I certainly did not when I got my iron tablet

prescriptions

>throughout my first pregnancy. Also when my nanny took my then 5

>month old DD1 to the chemist to collect a prescription for herself

>they automatically gave it to her for nothing, thinking she was DD1's

>mother.

>

>So it came as something of a shock to me when upon presenting a

>prescription for iron tablets at 8 months pregnant (and looking like

a

>whale!) they refused to give them to me as I did not have a

>Certificate! I could not believe it, I was huge and the tablets I

>wanted were called " Pregaday " (ie, for pregnant women!!). I was a

tad

>annoyed as I had waddled all the way down to the chemist specifically

>and told the boy behind the counter (who looked all of 12 years old!)

>that I could assure him I did not have a cushion up my jumper and

>could prove it if he did not believe me!! He was so freaked by that

>he gave me the tablets! ;0)

>

>Francesca

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[Guest guest]

Francesca wrote

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OH my that made me LOL ;o) (still giggling) I was just getting this mental

picture ;o)..

I didn't know about maternity excemption certificates my midwife told me the

first time. She was also the one who told me that even though I was no longer

working I might well be entitled to (is it maternity allowance it's called I

cant remember it was 4 years ago) so I applied and I got it with having worked

exactly 1 week longer than I needed to to qualify for the top rate ;o)..

Lonnie Phoebe & Eloisa's mama

& expecting a Christmas delivery...

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what you

start.

So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a Chocolate cake.

I feel better already.

[Guest guest]

Yes they have. I've always had the certificate which I've never had to show

for anything so for this last pregnancy (third one), I thought it was a

waste of paper. I was really shocked when the girl at the dentist said they

would need to see it. I think I was seven months gone, but they said the

rules had changed and they had to see it. But I've managed to get several

things at the chemist since DS3 was born and they've not asked, so it still

depends a bit on where you go.

Hannah

Maternity Exemption Certificate

>I was like some of you and did not realise I actually needed this bit

>of paper.

[Guest guest]

Thats weird, I went to my dentist to re register (not been for 6 years!!),

and they said I wouldnt need to show my certificate, seeing the baby was

enough proof!

Mum to Rohan (4 mths)

[Guest guest]

Thats weird, I went to my dentist to re register (not been for 6 years!!),

and they said I wouldnt need to show my certificate, seeing the baby was

enough proof!

Mum to Rohan (4 mths)

[Guest guest]

>IIRC they have fairly recently changed the rules, so

>pharmacists have

>to actually *see* the certificate, previously they would

>just take you

>at your word (or your bump!!)

My chemist never asked, even when Calvin was almost 1. The

dentist’s office had to see it and asked me probing

questions about it, like I was lying or something. But

then, I am in the chemist’s all the time and went to the

dentist’s just once.

" Todman " tltodman@...> wrote :

>I had to do a double take here - I though Phyllis was

>saying she

>didn't have a bump when she was pregnant - durrr.

Haha ! I definitely had one of those, though I have a

friend who just had a baby, but who didn’t look pregnant

until about 7 months along. She looked like she was putting

on some weight, but it wasn’t bump shaped. She also doesn’t

now look like she just had a baby. Sigh.

>Did you also know that you can free chiopady care whilst

>you are expecting?

>Trisha

What’s chiopady ?

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

That's what I thought , but they said the baby could belong to

someone else.......?!?!? Do people really go round " borrowing "

babies to get free dental treatment?!

Hannah

> Thats weird, I went to my dentist to re register (not been for 6

years!!),

> and they said I wouldnt need to show my certificate, seeing the

baby was

> enough proof!

>

>

> Mum to Rohan (4 mths)

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>

>

[Guest guest]

Have you seen the cost of fillings these days? Of course if you

breastfed baby in the reception area that would be more proof ))))

I think some people just delight in telling others they must blah and

they cannot blah blah! The Spanish immigration and check in officials

at Barcelona airport could not get their head around the fact that

Carys has her own passport (cos new regs were in force when we came to

get her onto a passport) whereas the elder two are on mine. Whats

more they couldn't even find the right page in my passport to prove we

were not illegaly smuggling children (who have an uncanny resemblance

to Carys and besides, who would possibly want my two badly behaved

brats!). Then we went through the same rigmarole at Stansted. I was

very tempted to tell the IO that I used to work for Immigration and

Nationality but I remembered their powers of arrest and detention,

shut my mouth and smiled sweetly )

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

Re: Maternity Exemption Certificate

> That's what I thought , but they said the baby could belong to

> someone else.......?!?!? Do people really go round " borrowing "

> babies to get free dental treatment?!

>

> Hannah

>

>

> > Thats weird, I went to my dentist to re register (not been for 6

> years!!),

> > and they said I wouldnt need to show my certificate, seeing the

> baby was

> > enough proof!

> >

> >

> > Mum to Rohan (4 mths)

> >