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Cebs222
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Baby pay?
Cebs222
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My husband and I have both heard different things about this. When you have a baby in the military does your pay go up? I've had friends tell me anywhere from 50 extra bucks a paycheck up to 200 a month. And I've had others say that it doesn't change. Any one have any help on this? I budget months ahead like a crazy and just wanted to figure some things out about it. thank you for any info in advance!
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Re: Baby pay?
That is not quite true.
If you are stationed overseas, you receive a COLA pay. It does adjust per dependent living with you. For us, the difference between 2 to 3 dependents is $37.50 a day to $39.33 a day. That's just under $55 a month.
https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/colaCalc.cfm
You can go online and find the current paycharts for your H's branch of service and they will break out BAH with and without dependents. That is the only increase I am aware of.
Can you imagine if the military paid you extra per child? There would be kids popping up all over the place!
As for the COLA thing, that only applies to certain situations and should not be something that you count on. It really depends on where you are stationed. When I was in NY I didnt get it, but in Hawaii and CA I did.
BFP #1 11/07/2012 EDD 07/09/2013 M/C 11/22/2012
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013 Arrived via c-section 09/27/2013
We've had two kids and his pay stayed the same. He only gets paid extra for one dependant and that's me when we got married.
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That has to do with the amount of taxes withheld from your paycheck; it's not changing your base pay and special pay. If you get a tax refund, you probably aren't witholding enough anyway. People generally withhold more than necessary to avoid paying in at tax return time.
That has to do with the amount of taxes withheld from your paycheck; it's not changing your base pay and special pay. If you get a tax refund, you probably aren't withholding enough anyway. People generally withhold more than necessary to avoid paying in at tax return time.
9/26/10 stopped BCP and started TTC.
9/2011 referred to RE. All blood work normal and DH's SA=normal results
11/2011 HSG=both tubes clear
One natural (monitored) cycle of Clomid, 50mg 2/2012= BFN
Getting ready for first IUI, 3/2012 received orders to Japan! (postponed IUI)
5/2012 Moved to Japan, fought Tricare for months over referral (no fertility treatment on our military base) for Japanese RE out in town!
8/2012 Started seeing new RE
9/2012, post coital test= hostile cervical fluid, (finally) moving on with first IUI!
9/29/2012 IUI #1+trigger= BFN
10/27/2012 IUI #2+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger= BFN
11/28/2012 IUI #3+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger= BFN
12/28/2012 IUI#4+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger=BFN
2/1/2013 IUI#5+injectables+trigger=BFN
3/2013 IUI#6+injectables+trigger=???