Any other teachers announcing to students soon?

Jeneh83 · January 2016

I am a first grade teacher and am starting to think about ideas for announcing my pregnancy to my students. I am 12 weeks and know that I will be showing soon. Many of my coworkers know now, and I teach in a VERY small town where word travels quickly! Anyone else in a similar situation? I am not sure if 12 weeks is too early to announce to my students, but I also know that before long, one of them will be asking

DominiqueU · January 2016

I teach 3rd grade. I'm a little over 13 weeks and being 5 feet tall, my stomach really has nowhere to go but out. I know I'll be showing soon and I'll have to break the news before they start telling me I'm getting fatter.

I'm thinking of maybe playing Hangman on Friday afternoon to tell them and get it over with. That way I can immediately send them home with any baby making questions they come up with. I'm excited to see their reactions and see if any of them make any connection to the fact that I've run out of the room to vomit several times over the past few months.

I think it's fun that they'll get to be with me for pretty much the entire pregnancy.

Jeneh83 · January 2016

I was thinking about doing Hangman, too!!! I am somewhat afraid that someone will ask me tomorrow after I told a few more coworkers today! I feel like with social media (and being in such a small community), people just talk, talk, talk! Maybe I will try to hold off until Friday! Then, like you said, they can ask away over the weekend!

So sorry to hear you had MS! Luckily, I didn't experience that, which I am so thankful for with teaching!

elenabrent · January 2016

I teach prek/k and I told the kids today. I emailed their parents over break and asked them for their feedback on how they want us to talk to the kids about pregnancy, childbirth, etc. They are REALLY curious and ask really honest questions, so my hope is a way to be honest with them while keeping it developmentally appropriate. The parents were all really excited about us answering those questions and encouraged us to go for it (within reason), so who knows what the next few months will bring!

I also let them pick a nickname for the baby. After a lot of deliberation they settled on Sweet Pea. Bob and Sofa were both strong contenders.

DominiqueU · January 2016

@Jeneh83 It was not good times. Luckily there's a class with two teachers across the hall so I told them really early on. When the feeling hit, I'd pretty much knock on their door as I ran by and one of them would come keep an eye on my kids. It also helps that my kids have been really fabulous this year. They made the tough times a whole lot easier.

If I had been pregnant with my class last year, I probably would have quit before the 2nd trimester.

cpocks · January 2016

I'm 13 weeks and I teach Grade 3. I'm not showing yet. I've just told my coworkers friends and family. I think I'll wait awhile yet...

elenabrent · January 2016

@Jeneh83 In the email to parents I told them that I wasn't public online yet and to pretend that I was pregnant in 1994. Hopefully that means that nobody outs me before I'm ready!

Jeneh83 · January 2016

@DominiqueU Glad you have a great class!! That is always helpful!! It totally makes a difference!

AAAG13 · January 2016

I'm 13 weeks and am showing. I teach in a really small school and the whole faculty knew before Christmas break. I told my middle school students today, they were all really excited. Only the older ones connected the dots of ms to me not feeling so hot before break. I showed them the picture we used to announce because it has our dog in it and they are obsessed with her

. They are excited to see the next ultrasound picture next week.

Nikko Blue · January 2016

I wasn't really planning on saying anything just yet - but I did post on FB over break - and like you @Jeneh83 I live in a small town. So I am friends with parents of some of my students. A few kids were asking me this morning and by the end of the day they all knew.

Jeneh83 · January 2016

@Nikko Blue I totally understand! Word travels so fast in a small town! I guess I will see what tomorrow brings after my coworkers finding out today and go from there! If I can hold off until Friday, I will plan something for that afternoon!

Jeneh83 · January 2016

@elenabrent How cute that they came up with Sweet Pea!! I don't even have a FB account....I know, I know.....I'm lame! Lol! So maybe word will travel a little slower, but I doubt it! It seems to travel quickly in a school!

crixiegirl · January 2016

I'm waiting a while...I've lost weight (I'm almost 12 weeks) and definitely nowhere near showing. I teach 5th grade and we do the whole puberty talk so that will be fun while I'm 5-6 months pregnant lol, but since I'm fit, when I get a bump it will be pretty noticeable so I'll tell them then. I'm hoping I can hold out until 16-20 weeks seeing as it's winter and I can wear sweaters for a while (being in CA I'm not sure how long that will last either). I'm just not big on announcing to a lot of people. I'm pretty private. My close coworkers and close friends/family know, but that's it.

hannahmp · January 2016

I'm announcing to my 6th graders tomorrow. Having them do a math puzzle, and the answer spells Mrs. ___ is having a baby!

mrsmommya · January 2016

I also teach 3rd and am just over 10 weeks. I was 11 1/2 w with my loss and didn't really have any kids asking questions. I would like to keep in on the DL till 14 weeks from everyone. No one at school knows. I was thinking of doing a secret code but hangman sounds super fun too!

jlmartinez517 · January 2016

I teach first grade and will be 13 weeks tomorrow. I told my coworkers via email over winter break, and they all keep checking in on me and saying congrats. Luckily, I don't think my kiddos are that aware of it. I was hoping to wait until I was further along, but like you all said, word travels fast. I may do something this Friday, but if not I may try to hold out for next Friday.

tgflorez · January 2016

I'm 13+ weeks and I teach 8th and 9th grade. I really have no intentions of announcing it to my students.
I had one girl ask me today if I was pregnant, but I gave her an answer that didn't answer her question.
I figure when it's obvious that I'm pregnant, at least more obvious than it currently is, they will know.

sunshineandwhiskey · January 2016

I will be 11 weeks tomorrow, and I do not plan to tell the kids until its noticable. I teach high school and we switch students on the 25th of January, plus my student teacher starts then. Just too much right now. My fiance and I work at the same high school too, so there is always a wave of craziness when something big happens.

sayerhart · January 2016

I'm an Educational Assistant at a school for blind children. So when I tell them, they will want to feel my stomach because they can't see it. So I'm hoping to wait until I'm more bump, less chub. But my coworkers know so it will probably slip soon enough!

rlopezlavalle · January 2016

I teach high school, and I told my students before break. Several of them had been asking because they noticed my stomach was larger (they weren't trying to be rude, but I am super thin so it was noticable early on). I have a good connection with all of my students, and they were super excited for the news. I just announced it as we were prepping for finals as a bit of good news.

howie002 · January 2016

I teach 7th grade, and wasn't really planning on telling them until they ask me. I am not really showing yet and didn't get morning sickness, just a bit a nausea, so they probably have no idea. I feel like I am pretty private when it comes to my students. I tell them things about myself but mostly about my hobbies, not my personal life. Last year I got married and I didn't even tell the students until afterward. I'm just going to wait it out. Is this so wrong? I wasn't feeling conflicted, but now I am! lol

DominiqueU · January 2016

howie002 said:
I teach 7th grade, and wasn't really planning on telling them until they ask me. I am not really showing yet and didn't get morning sickness, just a bit a nausea, so they probably have no idea. I feel like I am pretty private when it comes to my students. I tell them things about myself but mostly about my hobbies, not my personal life. Last year I got married and I didn't even tell the students until afterward. I'm just going to wait it out. Is this so wrong? I wasn't feeling conflicted, but now I am! lol

I don't think it's wrong at all. You have to do what you're most comfortable with. I think it really depends on a lot of things, including your school environment, the age and maturity of your students, and your comfort level. Do whatever feels right for you. Either way, they're bound to figure it out sooner or later.

BioTeach84 · January 2016

I am 13+5 and told the kids I coach right before Christmas Break on our way to a meet. The news spread like wildfire. I haven't (and probably won't) tell my students until I am asked. Some of them have probably heard from the track team, but I just feel weird announcing in class to a bunch of 9th and 10th graders that I've only known for a couple of months.

juliaL13 · January 2016

I'm almost 13.5 weeks, and I just told my 3rd graders yesterday. I'm already showing (2nd baby) and I recently announced on FB so I saw no point in waiting. I did a hangman thing, which I think is what I did when I was pregnant with my DS too. I think it's funnya couple other people mentioned that idea too! I can never think of another "creative" way to do it. Anyway they were excited; not a lot of questions though which is probably a good thing

ESchreinerWrites · January 2016

This will be an unpoplar decision, but I'm not really generally for the whole "telling the kids" thing. They figure it out. Or they don't. Either way. That way you get to avoid the whole "how do we deal with the pregnancy/birth topic."

That being said, LOTS, of me colleagues have played it differently, and I don't feel that they have done something wrong or anything. It's just not the view I take.

To each his own I guess.

MDmomma1217 · January 2016

I'm a school social worker, and I have a group of 26 high school boys that have autism and an array of other learning/mental health challenges. Seriously, our days are busy enough dealing with the kids' own things they are working through, and breaking up the occasional fight between them, I honestly don't think they are going to notice anytime soon. I'm already showing at 13 weeks (enough that I've had coworkers ask). The only thing that has been noticed by my students is one will tell me a lot (several times a week) that I look "really tired" and I should take a vacation. I will be quitting my job at the end of the school year to be a SAHM and I am really dreading having that conversation with them. I've worked with some of these boys for 5 years and it's going to be tough to leave them.

WVUPetunia · January 2016

I gave it up after Thanksgiving because I'd had 3 ultrasounds. 6th graders notice everything, so I just decided to tell before they started asking. I was pretty unceremonious about it and just said, "So you know, I'm not just getting fat. I'm having a baby. You're still stuck with me until the end of the year, though, hopefully." Now, of course, they won't stop asking if it's a boy or a girl.

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