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We didn't tell our families until around 11-12 weeks and I told work a few weeks after that. I think it was the very beginning of the 2nd trimester.
I told my boss pretty early. I kind of had to though, my coworker quit in early Feb and my boss was really dragging his feet on hiring a replacement for him, so I was just doing his job on top of mine. I mean, my boss got two weeks notice from my old coworker and didn't even post the job opening at all during that time, so I ended up having double duty for about a week before he even considered looking for someone else.
I saw this dragging on for months, so I had to tell him I was pregnant and he could not count on me doing two jobs indefinitely. I think it was mid to late Feb when I told him, so I was probably about 9-10 weeks. I told a few other close coworkers around the same time, and word probably got around to everyone at about 12 weeks. I would have preferred to wait longer, but at nine weeks, the prospect of doing two jobs was just too much.
haha. I told my boss the day after I found out. I was sitting there and bursting with excitement and like I CANT JUST PRETEND NOT TO BE PREGNANT!
I told my boss pretty much as soon as I found out, due to all the doctor apts. This way I knew they wouldn't say to much when started to take a bunch of time off.
Due to our situation we had to tell my boss before we were pregnant (IVF). If I could do it over I wouldn't tell him until I absolutely had to. They legally can't fire you but they can make your life miserable. Unless there is a need to know (for appointments or something else) I wouldn't tell them. I moved to a new position and didn't tell them until 4 weeks before I left for maternity leave (I didn't get terribly big).
I told my old boss at 11 weeks since we had worries and I had to leave for the doctor's on short notice... But I was changing jobs two weeks later... I told the new boss at 17 weeks, since I didn't want to tell him on the first week at work, but I was starting to show a little bit..
i told 1 or 2 coworkers who are good friends early on, but waited until i was 14 weeks to tell my boss. i wanted to wait until my 2nd trimester, which was hard since i had a rough 1st tri. i'm glad i waited cause it was funner to spread the news as i was just beginning to show!
Yeah I just want to figure everything out first before telling them.. I t hink I will wait a tillthe end of the 1st trimester... I dont want then to try and replace me or find another reason to fire me...
I told my boss at 12 wks because we were doing genetic testing that would require me to be out for a couple of days. I told him I was pregnant, but that we had to do some tests bc we had some serious concerns about baby's health and that I'd like to keep it quiet until we had results, but that I'd be gone for a few days while we did the testing. And at that point some of my co-workers had figured it out because of how I was dressing (jackets & scarves to cover my bloated belly-- they didn't say anything until after I announced).
I only told my boss at 8 weeks because I was getting ocular migraines and would get dizzy. I wanted someone in the building to be aware of them, just in case...
I told my boss @ 3 months & my dept. @ 4 months...I wanted to be out of a reasonable m/c range.
@bells: first of all, holy crap! i somehow missed that you were pregnant (or forgot perhaps!) so congrats!
I haven't been down this road yet, but I agree that you should tell them at the end of the first trimester
For both pregnancies, I told one or two supervisors at work pretty much immediately because there were problems either with me or baby that meant I was out a lot for appointments or otherwise not doing well. For the second pregnancy, my supervisor was also pregnant (her son is 4 months older than mine), so that helped.
I found it very helpful that they always knew- my office is generally very family-friendly, and my supervisors were really supportive and flexible with my needs/issues during early pregnancy.
If I'd been feeling fine, I think I would have waited a while. I didn't "go public" at work until around 6 months.
I have planned for that too WHEN I get preggers (thinking positively here) because I know I will have horrible day-sickness to boot, so kinda hard to do that unnoticed
@ktisthatbees: thanks!! Yeah I am pregnant much sooner than I expected, but excited all the same.. :)
I told my boss and co-workers right after I got it confirmed at the doctor, about 4 days after I found out. I my job has a lot of occupational hazards, like anesthesia and x-rays, so there were things I wanted to avoid doing should they come up. That being said, we kept it quiet from our students until 12 weeks.
Also I am very lucky to have a boss that likes transparency with future plans, so I felt it was only fair to let it be known early so they could start looking for someone to take over my full-time job in the future (I want to move to part-time) and hiring a replacement would be approx a 6 month process.
At almost 20 weeks we aren't much closer to finding the right candidate....
I told my boss just before 20 weeks. I would have waited longer, but my plan is not to return to work after the baby and I wanted to give her as much notice as possible to locate and train my replacement.
My FIL is my employer and I'd prefer he know only after the baby is born. Not possible? Damn.
@bree72: Ha ha ha! (That would be my wish, too. Not that my FIL were my employer, but that we didn't tell him until after baby is born.)
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I;m not sure when to tell my employers. Should I wait til I'm further along? I'm only in my 6th week right now.