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 A claimant for pregnancy benefits must:
 *a) be a major attachment claimant;
-*b) prove her pregnancy. This entails furnishing a certificate completed by a physician that sets out the expected date of birth, or providing such other evidence as the Commission may require (s 18(1));
+*b) prove her pregnancy. This entails furnishing a certificate completed by a physician that sets out the expected date of birth, or providing such other evidence as the Commission may require (s 18(1)); and
-*c) claim pregnancy benefits at any time during the 10 weeks before the expected delivery date, or at the latest, during the week the baby is  born, if the claimant wants to qualify for the full 15 weeks of benefits.
+*c) have an interruption of earnings.
-*d) report the date of birth of the child on the report card for that week; and
-*e) have an interruption of earnings.
 '''NOTE:''' A pregnancy that is terminated within the first 19 weeks is an illness defined in s 40(5) of the ''EI Regulations'', and not a confinement.
 === 2. Benefit Period and Duration ===