I know there is a thread for announcing, so I'd like to keep this one for announcing at work. I want to wait until 12 weeks since I had a previous loss at 12 weeks. However, I've been having to flex out of work for several doctor appointments these last three weeks and I don't want my boss to think I'm slacking. So I'm still not sure when to tell work. When are you all telling?
11.2011 - DS1
02.2013 - loss at 6 wks
06.2014 - DS2
10.2015 - loss at 12 wks
03.2017 - DD
Re: when are you telling work?
11.2011 - DS1
02.2013 - loss at 6 wks
06.2014 - DS2
10.2015 - loss at 12 wks
03.2017 - DD
However, I won't be telling any of my employees/co-managers until the same time that I announce on Facebook, which will be closer to second tri.
Married May 2012
TTC#1 July 2013 - July 2015 (no success)
Again TTC#1: Dec 2015
First RE visit: Feb 2016
BFP: 9/16/16 EDD:5/26/17
May '17 labor memes
11.2011 - DS1
02.2013 - loss at 6 wks
06.2014 - DS2
10.2015 - loss at 12 wks
03.2017 - DD
So no one at work NEEDS to know. But I like these people and want to tell them things about my life. So I'll probably tell them when I'm close to telling other people in my life that are at that "friend" level (i.e. a step down from close friends and family, who will get told starting pretty soon.)
My goal is to tell them before it gets really obvious in terms of the bump, but wait at least a month from now. I think we have a department meeting scheduled at the end of the semester (early December). If I haven't told them by then, I'll find a way to announce it at the meeting. If we don't have that meeting afterall, I'll just find a way to get the word out before people go on break later in December. But I'd also be ok with spilling the beans as early as a month from now.
@mcvagal I will also be waiting until the end of October or possibly a week after, seeing as I do not see my boss that often. I will be about 13-14 weeks by then.
Luckily I have been able to get my appointments after work.
23 y/o;
[05/06/17]
First time mommy
90% of the way there
I'm currently a SAHM, but if I were working full-time, I would still probably try to wait, just be aware that there may be nosy, busy bodies who might find a way to rat you out.
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
I won't tell my coworkers until Christmas break. I would like to hold off telling students until at least January.
Given my history I would prefer to just make calls after the baby arrives and say..."guess what"!!
EDD: 06/25/2006 M/C: 11/03/2005
EDD: 04/08/2012 M/C: 09/03/2011
EDD: 12/27/2012 Born Sleeping: 07/19/2012
EDD: 12/07/2013 M/C 05/30/2013 & 05/31/2013
EDD: 07/01/2016 Born sleeping: 03/02/2016
BFP #1 12/23/12 EDD 9/3/13 DD #1 8/26/13
BFP #2 2/25/16 EDD 11/5/16 MMC 4/15/16
BFP #3 8/31/16 EDD 5/12/17 It's a GIRL!
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC
BFP #2 12/17/16, EDD 8/26/17
L born at 35+6 on 7/28/17
I'll likely tell my team and the people at work I'm close to when I hit 12 weeks or so. I will probably announce that I'm not coming back in January. I am very nervous about that announcement because I'm one of the founders at our school and one of the few people who has been there since we opened. I am also one of the few people on staff who has a kid and many people on our leadership team look up to me as an example that you can work in our field and have a kid. And I'm planning to leave because you just can't.
With how my work is structured I could easily easily wait until January really. I just gave myself an earlier date so if I chicken out or it doesn't come up in my regular calls with my boss I still have time. Pretty excited to be a little more comfortable at home this time though!
May '17 labor memes
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17
I work at a law firm and the partners and their spouses are going on an all day shrimping trip at the end of the month. I know, totally random. There is no way I'll be able to fake drink all day on an offshore expedition so I'll probably let the office know just before the trip. I'll be 10 weeks.
May17 Siggy Challenge
Labor
That was my plan before discovering we are expecting. I would still love to do that, and some jobs are already being advertised (a lot of it is also word of mouth). I had an internship there in our last "long" session, and my SO worked there last year in the "short" (one month long) session. Sadly, his boss suddenly passed away and now he is looking for a new session job too. (He is doing election work right now). I've contemplated joining too, but now that the cat needs meds 3x a day for the next week or two, one of us needs to be at home for that. That's a tangent. My point is, I have a few connections and can ask for references.
Ideally I start applying for things like yesterday. If I get to the interview process, should I disclose my pregnancy and that I wouldn't be able to finish the entire session? I know the interviewer is not allowed to ask, but if I am doing interviews even at the end of November I'll be 17 weeks- I might be showing. It's my first pregancy so I don't know when I'll show. Has anyone else interviewed while pregnant- noticably or not? If it was a long term job that I could come back to I might feel differently. I just don't know if I should say that I can't do the last month or month and a half of a temp job.
Any advice? I'm open to pursuing other lines of work, or staying home with the baby for a while, if we can afford to. Thanks. Good luck telling all of your bosses/coworkers. I hope it goes over smoothly.
I'll tell my principals first though.
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161