https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 16:25:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-994985 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:38:28 +0000 lamariniere 994985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With baby 1, I told a coworker with whom I was very friendly right around 12 weeks since I had a few dr appointments in a row and we shared an office. I told my boss around 15 weeks mostly because I was leaving for 3 weeks on vacation, followed by his month vacation, and I had no idea what I would be looking like upon his return. </p> <p>Now with baby 2 I'm a freelancer working at home. I'm going to tell my clients mid-September that I will be taking my mat leave starting in early Dec. I will be around 26 weeks or so by then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993360 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:33:35 +0000 ShootingStar 993360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my direct boss at around 8 weeks, because I'd been having a lot of doctors' appointments to go to. She then told her boss at around 14ish weeks, I think. I'm in a weird situation where I'm a contract employee and they want to hire me on as a full employee, but even though you can't discriminate based on pregnancy, people kinda forget that. After the big boss knew I told a couple people. Others I mentioned it in passing as a matter of fact, like "oh I'm craving bbq too, can't wait for my shower because we're getting Blue Ribbon." At 24 weeks I have a big bump and let people make their own assumptions. It's a weird thing to be like "hey so I'm pregnant". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993199 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:53:06 +0000 Mrsbells 993199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993161 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:42:38 +0000 JessKas 993161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a little over 16 weeks. I was working as a nanny and was really nervous about how they would take it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993125 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:24:55 +0000 KT326 993125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss pretty much right away, only because he knew we were going through fertility treatments. I never really announced it to the rest of the office. I told a couple people around 10 weeks but asked that they keep it to themselves. Then around 14 weeks I just kinda started telling people. But there was no "announcement". Our office likes to gossip so it got around pretty quickly :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993098 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:18:54 +0000 MsLipGloss 993098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right around 13 weeks, right after the NT scan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993090 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:17:36 +0000 daniellemybelle 993090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my closest coworker at 10 weeks. At 12 weeks I told my boss and HR. It was about another week, maybe a little more, before I told the rest of my coworkers, and then a few days later I told my clients. So I was about 14 weeks when the cat finally came all the way out of the bag :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993038 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:57:54 +0000 AmandaB8 993038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right at 8 weeks we had a company party, and it was super suspicious that I wasn't drinking. They found out then :) We have a very close office though, so I wouldn't have waited much longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work/page/2#post-993029 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:54:38 +0000 PurplePeony 993029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my NT scan at 12w6d, on a Friday. I think I told my boss the following Wednesday, so around 13 1/2 weeks. I'm glad I didn't wait much longer, both because of some of the things going on with our work right now (needed to light a fire under him to get some things rolling that had been put off for awhile) and also because I started showing during week 15, and I'd rather tell straight-out than have him suspect but not be able to say anything. In my office, it's currently only me and my boss, though, so there was nobody to be nosy or gossip. Most of my other coworkers are spread around the country, and I called a couple of them to tell them directly but haven't sent around a big email or anything...I figure the grapevine will take care of the people I don't know so well (I have never met at least 1/2 of them so they're really just names on emails). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992900 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:13:11 +0000 mrsjazz 992900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before I got pregnant I told my former boss &amp; co-workers that if I ever got pregnant they wouldn't find out until I was about 5 months.</p> <p>In reality, they knew on the day I found out because I can't keep secrets about myself. I'm pretty horrible about that. They all laughed at me. We're all friends and hang out outside of work, so it was okay. They knew before most of my family (except DH, he knew first, of course). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992882 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:10:31 +0000 ElbieKay 992882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: "I will announce to the rest of the sales staff probably during my presentation around 16 weeks about "what i'm looking forward to this year - sales and other wise!" during our annual sales retreat!"</p> <p>Cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992706 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:19:56 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 992706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will probably tell my boss and a few girls I'm close with after the NT scan around 12 weeks. </p> <p>I will announce to the rest of the sales staff probably during my presentation around 16 weeks about "what i'm looking forward to this year - sales and other wise!" during our annual sales retreat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992673 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:08:45 +0000 Torchwood 992673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm the earliest. I told the day I got my BFP. BUT I'm a nanny and she knew we were trying, so it was more telling a friend who was excited than a boss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992664 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:05:39 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 992664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As soon as we found out. I work in a jail so in order to make sure I was safe and the baby was safe I had to tell them so I could be put on light duty away from inmates. Unfortunately that means they knew before my family did. But we had to for my safety and the safety of the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992660 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:05:06 +0000 Ginabean3 992660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told at 17 weeks...I was dragging my feet because THREE other women in my department had just announced their pregnancies. THREE! It was hard to keep it a secret because there were so many jokes that "something was in the water" and "who's next?" when I did tell, everyone was shocked. I didn't start showing until 20 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992641 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:00:33 +0000 Alivoo01 992641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss after we got the results back from our NT scan so 12/13 weeks. I didn't tell the rest of my department. I just let my growing bump do the telling later on. I think I was about 20+ weeks by the time some of the ladies started getting suspicious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992633 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:58:05 +0000 ElbieKay 992633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yes, but it's sort of long and detailed. I think I will have the conversation first, outline my general pitch to get a temperature read, and then suggest that I work with the guy who will be my boss as of January to finalize it.</p> <p>They're not that formal, and they're pretty reasonable guys so I am hopeful that they will be receptive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992627 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:56:15 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 992627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks like I'm the odd man out. I waited until 8 weeks for DD and I already told my boss at 6 weeks for this pregnancy. I can't keep a secret and I wanted them to be aware of all of the reason for all of the sudden breaks I needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992597 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:45:15 +0000 dolphin 992597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my boss and coworkers already knew before i said anything because they said i looked like crap. literally. my morning sickness was awful during my first trimester. my coworkers said i looked like death. i officially told my boss around 10 weeks (because i had a feeling she already knew) and i announced it to my coworkers around 12 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992481 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:09:21 +0000 Caly 992481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My immediate boss knew very early on since she'd been fully aware/supportive of our TTC/IVF. Everyone else was told around 12/13 weeks or so. It was getting hard to hide since all the sudden my usually flat stomach wasn't so flat anymore &amp; had horrible all day MS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992462 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:02:53 +0000 Lately 992462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss at 12-13 weeks because I felt I owed her an explanation for all the appointments and because I trust her.</p> <p>I didn't want to make a big hoopla about being pregnant, so I gave her permission to leak the news to my co-workers a week or two later instead of making an official announcement myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992427 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:54:20 +0000 avivoca 992427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss at 6 weeks and then we told the rest of the office at 10 weeks. I have to do some event set-up for my job, so she needed to know why I suddenly couldn't lift heavy objects or multiple chairs anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992401 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:48:42 +0000 mrsjyw 992401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992399 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:47:46 +0000 littlecasita1122 992399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Told my boss at 10 weeks because he was going on vacation and I knew I'd be telling the rest of my co-workers pretty soon after. I told them at 11 1/2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992384 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:44:57 +0000 mediagirl 992384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 weeks. I was so excited to tell people!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992362 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:37:51 +0000 Modern Daisy 992362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I told work right at the 13 week mark. We waited until I was the full 12 weeks before telling our families, so I remember the week after that I told my boss. When I told her though, I made it clear that I was okay with everyone knowing and I actually wanted her to spread the word. At my company if you try to keep a secret it actually backfires so more people end up finding out if you say not to tell than if you ask for it to be spread around. I ended up having to break the news to almost everyone, lol! Oh and I was definitley showing a little by 14 weeks since I'm so petite and I wear more tailored clothes, so if I hadn't told then rumours would have been spreading like crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992340 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:33:58 +0000 swurlygurl 992340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told everyone at 12.5 weeks. I'd had a miscarriage and an ectopic pg before, so I wanted to wait until I was sure. I'm sure everyone had guessed it though, because I was dashing off to appointments all the time, and nibbling on saltine crackers like it was my job! No one ever said anything though, to which I am very grateful </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992339 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:33:39 +0000 kjpugs 992339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 12 weeks on a Monday and told my boss the Friday before. I work from home so I really didn't tell anyone else, just when I see them when I travel for meetings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992248 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:09:08 +0000 LuLu Mom 992248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss at like 8 weeks due to me having severe MS, he said he wasn't surprised, I was looking a little pale lately :) I told one coworker like right away beacuse she knew I was going to POAS, and then I told everyone else around 10 weeks once I found out about my cyst since it could have caused me to go on bed rest and I needed to get my backups trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work#post-992239 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:06:58 +0000 katsupgirl 992239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: it's super difficult with people like that. I told my friends at work around 12/13 weeks. Someone guessed then told my boss. My boss then came over to me and made a comment about me being pregnant because my boobs looked bigger. Gah!<br /> After that I just confirmed if people asked. </p>