When is everyone telling their work?

kristinkiel21 · January 2012

I work in an office of about 30 people. I have told my boss and a few others that are closer to me. I am thinking about maybe doing it tomorrow....but then again, I may want to wait. I just had my appt yesterday and we saw our baby's heartbeat flickering away and all went well, so I am feeling a new wave of excitement. Curious when others will be telling?

LLK122207 · January 2012

Going to try to wait until 2nd trimester....we'll see!

CrazyDaisy8 · January 2012

If all is well with my appointment tomorrow I will probably tell my three bosses on Thursday. I do not really want to share the news with everyone else until 12 weeks. Not sure how well that will work out since I work in an office that is 100% female. TONS OF GOSSIP!

mishfull · January 2012

Planning to wait until Feb to tell anyone at work - I'll be 11 weeks or further when I tell. As long as I'm not having morning sickness or any other symptoms that impact my ability to work I'm going to wait to tell.

I plan to tell management first and then a few weeks later the office staff.

DanandBrit · January 2012

I plan on waiting until the 2nd tri to tell. I work from home and only see my team lead and manager in person about once a month, so despite the m/s and tons of bloat, it is easy for me to "hide" my pregnancy.

ufmelissa · January 2012

My boss and 10 of my male co-workers and I are going out of town for a conference later this month when I'll be just about 13 weeks. I plan on telling my boss and another co-worker that I'm traveling with before we leave (in case I'm tired, nauseous, need help carrying things, or just need to sit down) and telling others in my office when I get back.

MrsLuWho · January 2012

I told my supervisor already. I will tell "need to know" people like manager after my 1st apt. I am going to try to hold on telling the rest of the office until my 2nd tri.

Reilly626 · January 2012

Either 12 weeks or 20 weeks- after the big scan.

daniellelovesjacob · January 2012

I am in charge of human resources at my dad's company. In the office there are about 12 employees. My dad knows and so does the only other female who works there. I told her becuase I had to leave one day when I didn't feel well and I didn't want her to think I was skipping out on work. My uncle also works here but is the biggest gossip. I will wait to tell anyone else until 12 weeks. I don't know if I will actually make an announcement but I am sure once my uncle knows the news will spread fast. I probably will not tell the 35 employees who work in the shop unless they ask,

willowprincess · January 2012

I already told around 7 weeks. I kind of had to. We were hosting our big in-house competition and we weren't getting a lunch break until 2:30 (started at 8). Well I wasn't going to make it that long without eating something. Also, set-up and tear-down required us to move a lot of heavy equipment and other things, and it would have seemed really rude for me not to help. So I told.

Whippet8 · January 2012

it really all depends, although I want to wait as long as possible. However, I teach high school, and our class periods are 85 minutes long, and I'm worried I'm going to have to run out of class if m/s hits me soon. I'm also worried for my peeing to increase even more...but, luckily there's a student bathroom right across the hall, and always someone on duty. HOWEVER, I'm worried about these other teachers blabbing or gossiping.

Who knows...I guess it's all up in the air..

Whittyone12 · January 2012

I work in a surgical unit at a hospital so I had to tell everyone right away. We do X-rays at the bedside and take care of people who are on chemo, none of which are good for baby. But everyone had to know so they can let me know so if I need to I get out of the room if I need to. I wouldn't have told them until after the first u/s if it wasn't necessary.

ken&jennifer · January 2012

I have told 2 really close friends at work, and emphasized that the news isn't for public consumption (yet); however, it's nice to have a person or two who understands why i'm lagging a bit and eating so weirdly.

I have 2 jobs: my full-time, "grown up" job is with a TV station, and my part-time "fun job" is with a fantastic retailer of incredible clothing and general feel goodliness. I am planning on spilling the beans to my fun job at 12 weeks (in 2 weeks!) after passing through the first ultrasound and rolling into Third Trimester zone. I am then planning on sharing with my grown up job on February 1st, which is exactly 6 months before my due date.

I think a lot of it is dependent upon your workplaces norms, how long you plan on taking off, whether you're planning on returning, and what your process for finding a replacement or shifting the workload is during your time off

Susan2685 · January 2012

It seems like we're in the same scenario. I also teach high school, our periods are 75 minutes. I think I might not be able to hide my pregnancy from my department head long since we're very good friends. The guidance office is connected to my classroom and there is a bathroom but I'm afraid the secretary or guidance counsellors will catch on. I haven't had morning sickness yet but I'm nervous about running out of the classroom in a hurry. Also this is my first pregnancy but I know when I have the flu I am extremely loud when I get sick.....I hope I can be quiet.

Good luck!

missjul61 · January 2012

I'm waiting until at least 14 weeks to tell my boss and close coworkers.

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