I had to tell my boss super early because I needed some accommodations and help with certain aspects of my job (lifting for events). He wanted me to initiate FML right away (he's super by-the-book, ugh), so I had to tell a couple others, and then a committee had to get together to "approve" my accommodations. I'm IN HR, so basically, a lot more of my coworkers knew before I wanted them to. I told everyone else last week.
I've told my boss in the past right away each time, because of precautions with patients (RN). This time, I haven't been working very much (it's a casual position), so I just told her last week to give a heads up why I wouldn't be working much in May. My husband will be traveling for 2 weeks so I'll be home alone with the 3 kiddos during that time, and I sing at church one weekend which is a 16 hour time commitment, so we will really only have one weekend together (this weekend). We are seriously the most boring people, but somehow life is very busy!
Most of my co-workers know, I let the charge RNs know first because of the patients who can't have pregnant caregivers. I have yet to tell my nurse manager, I'm sure she knows though.
I was not planning on telling anyone at work for another few weeks, but pregnancy has definitely lowered my immunity -- I caught some kind of bad cold around week 6 that lingered for two weeks, and then a stomach bug week 10. At 11 weeks my boss asked me if everything was ok with me health wise since I had taken a few sick days and I decided it was easier to just tell her. I still am not planning on telling anyone else at work yet.
Re: When will you tell your employer?
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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