New mum had to save £15.5k to afford to have a baby

A new mum saved £15.5k for maternity leave - so she could afford to have a baby.

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00:00I'm on a mission to earn as much money as I can whilst I'm on maternity leave because

00:19statutory maternity pay is sh**. So I decided to start this mission after I found out how

00:24low statutory maternity pay was when I fell pregnant last year. So I tried out loads of

00:28different side hustles to try to make money whilst I was still at work to save up for

00:32when I was on maternity leave. And now I am on maternity leave, I am trying to make as

00:35much money as I can around, obviously, my newborn baby.