I'm lucky that my employer views maternity, paternity and adoption leave equally, however something I've learnt through the adoption communities is that the same isn't true for self employed people. When having a birth child, the statutory maternity pay offered is the same whether you are employed or self employed. When you adopt, it’s only the employed adopters that have the right to any adoption pay. Self employed adopters receive nothing to support them. There's currently a campaign to change this, so if you can please can I ask you to sign to support change? https://chng.it/nzFvktq2SG