Hi Rexmundi,
One of my points was that there was no information available to me from my company about flight crew maternity. Unfortunately I was originally verbally misinformed about my pay otherwise I would have started saving earlier. I don't think that my company should necessarily pay me anything above the legal minima but I do think that they should have provided accurate information from the day that I told them I was pregnant.
My husband and I are lucky - we're sensible savers and still have 5 months before the birth to save enough for me to take maternity leave. We're also very fortunate that friends are giving us 2nd hand baby stuff. Not everyone is that lucky and I think that they should have adequate information available to help them when/if they decide to start a family.
Perhaps this thread will raise awareness amongst other pilots so that they have time to plan ahead and save sufficiently.