Again, it doesn't matter how long you have worked for your employer or how many hours you work. Antenatal care includes parentcraft and relaxation classes. After the first appointment, your employer can ask to see your appointment card and a certificate signed by your GP, midwife, or health visitor saying that you are pregnant. Depending on the length of time in their present job, all mothers are entitled to statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance. The extent of leave is also dependent on the length of service.
Some companies have a very enlightened approach to impending parenthood.
Their human resources departments make sure that you will be offered services which make your pregnancy less stressful and help you to adjust to becoming a new parent after the birth. Always read your contract. You may have a contractual scheme at work which gives you better rights, maternity pay, and benefits. But in some businesses, the reality is that you will run into all kinds of prejudices about pregnant women in the workplace. Many women feel that they have to prove themselves as competent workers while they are pregnant and end up putting in many more hours than they would were they not pregnant.