How did you tell work?

uagirl · January 2010

I'm planning on telling my bosses next week after my appointment. I've only been here 4 weeks, and telling people I barely know makes me nervous. How did you let your bosses know?

Soon2BMrsWiley · January 2010

I just came back in from my appointment and told the coworkers that I am around everyday. Before I had a chance to tell my supervisor, a loudmouth told her for me.

ameliaandmatt · January 2010

I told work pretty early - about 8 weeks - for the simple fact that pregnancy is a protected disability. We are reducing our workforce in some areas, and I wanted to make sure I was as "protected" as possible. I realize if they were going to lay me off anyway me being pregnant wouldn't stop them - but it sure wouldn't look great in court to lay off the newly pregnant woman right before you move to self-insured!

Anyway! All that to say: We came in 2nd place in the Birmingham Business Journal Top 10 Places to Work so we threw a party for our Birmingham office. As we were setting up (I work in HR, so of course, it was us throwing the party!) I told my department that I had a present for us "winning", but it wouldn't be delivered until next May - and then showed them the ultrasound. Everybody was super excited and started screaming, jumping, and hugging me. Probably not the most professional way to do it - but my department is really close, so it works.

MissLMS · January 2010

I pulled my immediate editor aside when I first found out I was pregnant because I wanted someone to know what was going on. I was already getting pretty bad morning sickness at that point and she would have guessed anyways, I think.

She kept it a secret in the office though and I told our executive editor and everyone else around 12 weeks.

Leelee06 · January 2010

I had to tell my boss just after I was 6 weeks b/c my morning (all-day) sickness kicked in. I had really rough mornings with nausea and would run late, so I wanted him to know there was a valid reason for that. I told my close friend at work not long after finding out. Then the rest of my team (there are 8 of us) around my 13 weeks mark. I work with mostly men and a few of them had an idea due to my hunger rampages at lunchtime once my Zofran kicked in.

aubie96 · January 2010

As I started having more drs appts (around 12 wks I believe) I had to tell my manager b/c I think he was suspicious. I did NOT have a good relationship with him so it was awkward.

mrssamuels2b · January 2010

I told my principal and my para educators pretty early on so they would know what was going on with me...the rest of the faculty figured it out as I got bigger...I never made a formal announcement.

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