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Pregnancy, Maternity Leave Can Affect Home Loan Applications

Some women are alleging that pregnancy and/or maternity leave either postponed or halted home loan approvals. While federal fair lending regulators are taking action against certain lenders, the situation remains murky. Source: The Washington Post Follow Moms To Work on Twitter @MomsToWork.

10 tips to ease financial strain of maternity leave

10 tips to ease financial strain of maternity leave

Having a baby is expensive. No one knows that better than Becky Goddard-Hill, the author of a new book, “How to Afford Time Off With Your Baby: 101 Ways to Ease the Financial Strain.” We asked Becky to share a few of her baby budgeting tips in this guest post. If you’d like to win [...]

Researching your maternity leave before you get big and tired

Manage Maternity Leave (Before You Go)

Don’t offer to go back to work earlier than you have to, urges Liz O’Donnnell, a freelance writer and mother, in the first of three must-read guest posts about managing maternity leave. Managing your time-off for maternity leave should start as soon as you learn you are pregnant, even before you tell your boss or [...]

To Work or Not to Work after baby…Can you afford it? Part 2

Deciding whether or not to return to work following maternity leave can be a tough question for every family to answer. While the issue is a highly personal one there are some financial issues to consider.  In part one of this post we discussed financial issues, increased insurance/ medical costs and those ever important diapers.  [...]