How did your boss take to you announcing your pregnancy?

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I want to see how other working moms delivered the news and what response they have gotten.

 

Reilly626

She was thrilled!

monica92603

I wasn't planning on announcing for quite some time but then at an after work meeting get together last week, my boss pulled me aside to tell me in 3 weeks, after 5 years, he will no longer be my boss.  Region is realigning and he's losing 2 locations.  I started laughing and said guess you'll be happy to know you won't have to deal w/ me being pg during (busy time of year).  It was going to be the 3rd time in 4 years I would skip out on him during the busiest time of the year.  He started laughing too.  So I knew he would be ultimately happy but now he was SUPER happy he doesn't have the pg manager AGAIN!

katastic

I was worried about telling my boss, mostly because he is a gay man and has ABSOLUTELY no frame of reference for "female issues"....not that this is a bad thing or anything, just that I was worried the conversation would be awkward or weird.  Plus, my predecessor never returned to work after HER maternity leave, so I was worried he's immediately assume I was going to bail as well.  I worried and strategized and planned for the right place, time, etc.....but at the end of the day, he simply congratulated me and referred me to HR to set up my Maternity Leave paperwork.   It was pleasant, yet routine.    I think that I built it up in my mind (not suggesting you are, this was just my deal) and spent a lot of time worrying unnecessarily.   I made it worse in my head.   Also, I made sure I mentioned that I planned on returning post maternity leave.  I know that's not something I had to do, but I felt like in my situation, it was important to me to say that because I value my job and am committed to returning, so I wanted to make sure I communicated that commitment to my boss. Good luck!