wic assist.

[ashkevin13]

Okay, due to some unfortuant events i have.to.get assistance. I am looking into wic and know a little about it. But have some questions. Can i get it even if i am married. How many checks etc do u get a month. What.type of stuff will i see. My other question is does food stamps count ur household as two if its just me and the hubby or do they count it as three since i am pregnant. Thanks for any help.

[Nini2686]

I saw this and had to comment. I had a great well paying job with benefits, was with my boyfriend for 8 years and really didnt have to worry about anything. While pregnant I was let go when the company closed, finally got the courage to leave my emotionally abusive BF and I am now a single mother of 2 girls.
Never in my life did I think I would need state assistance and honestly I used to look down on girls that did. But wow when life takes an unexpected turn you do what you have to do to makes ends meet and survive. I am on WIC and I receive food stamps. I am working in my fathers business and I have to take my girls to work with me everyday. I am the only one supporting my girls and myself. I  in no way plan on being on WIC and foodstamps long term but I have to right now. People do abuse the system but their are many families that desperately need this help so do not feel bad.
Now to answer your questions. I live in NJ (not sure where you live) For WIC the unborn child counts as a family member as well as your husband and you can get it even though your married. While pregnant I got quite a few checks a month including a couple gallons of milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, bread, beans. When the baby is born you will get checks for yourself (if you are breastfeeding you can get checks up to 1 year) and for the baby. This includes formula is you don't breastfeed and baby food when they turn 6 months and juice. Not sure of your income but WIC is more flexible then food stamps.

For foodstamps you can look it up online and it will give you a table of income levels. For me it took up to 30 days to be approved and I was assigned a caseworker who can answer questions. GOOD LUCK!

[Nayfly25]

My second trimester flew by! Now I feel like the days drag on! This is my 2nd pregnancy and its amazing how different it is from my first! I enjoyed pregnancy the first time around, I felt great up until the day I delivered...this time I just feel...HUGE...LOL! Not to much longer and you will be able to find out if your having a boy or a girl!!! =)

[maybaby19]

Lol crazy preggers ladies...jeesh! Haha and woohoo youre almost out of your first trimester!! Yay! Ill be 14 Weeks in an hour lol

[Nayfly25]

I STILL feel like delivery is far away!!! LOL! Im so ready!!!

[ashkevin13]

Thank you! I currently dont work, since I moved from wisconsin to alaska, just under three months ago for my husbands job. He still has a job but is laid off for the winter. And due to some reason we have to collect wisconsin unemployment which is like three times less than what unemployment is here is alaska. Alaska also is ridiculous in expensive. I pay $900 in rent (which is a steal here, most rents are well into the thousands) but I do pay utilities. With Wisconsin unemployment I think we get the max which is 360 per week, so i will est. 1400 a month income. but with rent alone taking out of it, we are left with 500 to last the month and also pay our cell phone(cant get out of it/ 2 year contract :(, cable, internet, and house phone- which i refuse to get rid of , well cable i can but not the others. Internet is the only way i can see my family, and house phone. our cell phones suck here since i am out in the woods. all together, we end up having like maybe $50 dollars or less to buy groceries for the months. :( I looked up the income test for food stamps and we are good to go, however, I dont know if i did the calculations right, but we might only get $100.00 per month (anything is better than nothing) with the WIC, food stamps and possibly finding a pantry to go to once a month, we should be okay until the winter passes and we can afford everything again. This economy and life in general takes a big **** on us sometimes.!

[ashkevin13]

I am just excited to feel him/her kick and move (we have choosen not to find out the sex) In my ultrasound "baby" was kicking and dancing. My husband is dead set on a boy, his mother is too, so is my dad. However a bunch of my friends and other family are dead set its a girl. (Old wifes theories) I had an extremely strong heartbeat at only 7 weeks. I cant help cry every time i see our little one. after three years of trying.. its so hard to believe we are, so when i see it in real life( ultrasound) I cant help but cry.