https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:36:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-489989 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:39:25 +0000 daniellemybelle 489989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my old office I totally would have done the baked goods thing! They were a really fun, supportive (and okay... girly) crowd. At my current job, I would probably not do something as cutesy, but I might send a fun email. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-489072 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:25:21 +0000 mrsmoreau 489072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 5 weeks along right now with my second baby. I am planning on waiting to tell anyone until after my first ultrasound (want to make sure everything is OK in there) which is in 2 weeks.<br /> I'm going to tell my boss first, and then I am planning on bringing in cupcakes that are iced blue or pink with question marks on them. Then I'll just invite everyone to come get a cupcake and they should be able to figure it out from there...<br /> I'll let you know how it goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144618 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:50:18 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 144618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept it super-low key. Ours is a workplace of 100s if not more... I picked and chose who I told and asked each person I told to keep it to themselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144580 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:29:01 +0000 mrs. wagon 144580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's adorable!! Coworkers always appreciate the baked goods ;) I announced super late, so I just kind of switched from baggy clothes to maternity clothes and everyone noticed quickly. Since it's my second I didn't make a big deal of it, but there's also a lady in my office expecting HER second and a guy expecting HIS first so we're all kind of lumped in together into the "new baby" crew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144555 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:09:55 +0000 yoursilverlining 144555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my immediate supervisor very early on because I was very sick and also had a lot of doctor appointments and didn’t want him to think I had become a flakey worker. </p> <p>About a month later, I told my co-workers (less than 10 in my department) each individually in person, and word of mouth just spread around the company as a whole after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144550 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:02:02 +0000 purrpletulips 144550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent my immediate supervisor and our director at about 14 weeks by sending them the video we made our of daughter in a big sister shirt. Then I just told co-workers as I felt ready to disclose depending upon how closely I work with them but word got around pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144544 Wed, 02 May 2012 07:54:55 +0000 mamabolt 144544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in a separate location from a lot of my coworkers including my boss, so when my boss came to visit our site when I was about 10 weeks along I took the opportunity to tell her in person, but told her I wanted to keep it quiet for another month. Then I told the rest of my team at around 14 weeks - we have a weekly phone call so I waited until we had gotten all the business stuff out of the way and at the end of the call just said "Oh, I have one more thing I wanted to tell everyone, I'm pregnant, due in June." I felt so awkward about announcing it but that way pretty much everyone I work closely with found out at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144536 Wed, 02 May 2012 07:40:54 +0000 winniebee 144536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I followed the protocol of what other associates did before me....tell the managing partner then telling all the partners...in person. Kind of awkward but it wsa what others did. I was close with a few of the other associates so by the time I told the partners, they knew. I also had told my secretary. Then, I just let word of mouth trickle to the other 30 plus employees there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144533 Wed, 02 May 2012 07:33:23 +0000 lavender 144533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cute idea with the bagels! I just told everyone matter of factly before we started our day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144470 Wed, 02 May 2012 03:33:05 +0000 looch 144470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about at a team meeting? That was when we always had "joiners/leavers/things of note." My boss actually announced my engagement, I didn't even know he was planning to do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144467 Wed, 02 May 2012 03:25:59 +0000 mediagirl 144467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss, a few others I'm close with and then spilled it at our weekly company meeting. I told at 12 weeks. We only have 15 people at our company so, company meetings aren't huge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144361 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:56:53 +0000 Alivoo01 144361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: That's pretty funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144183 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:13:18 +0000 BSB 144183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe you could bring hot dogs or hamburgers in... but without the buns. Then when someone asks, where the buns are? You could point to your belly or you could say you don't know where the buns are but you do know there is a bun in this oven! LOL. I just made that up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144177 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:07:29 +0000 chopsuey 144177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started telling people and eventually everyone heard the news.<br /> Cute idea about the bagels! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144171 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:06:11 +0000 MsMamaBear 144171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a shirt that said "I love my bump." One lady put it together easy b/c I used the bathroom a lot.lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144076 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:59:43 +0000 PBandBaseball 144076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the bagel idea is so cute. I don't really get along with my coworkers, so I doubt I'll say anything to anyone other than my boss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144059 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:51:19 +0000 mrskc 144059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like your idea of bringing bagels with a note. I told my boss and then my coworkers in my department. Then the news just seemed to travel. One of my coworkers actually told me I should've brought something in with a note. I kind of wish I would've done that, but oh well. I think when we find out the gender I'll bring in something to announce it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144056 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:49:11 +0000 LuLu Mom 144056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my boss very early as I was getting extremely sick which caused me to miss a couple days of work/run by his office to make it to the bathroom to get sick. However I surprised the other 4 ladies in my department individually! I told them each when the time felt right! Gender reveal I plan on doing something fun for them though so it's announced all together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144052 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:46:37 +0000 BSB 144052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Aww, that's cute! I like the bagel or cupcakes idea. Maybe cookies? I personally wouldn't announce it because I wouldn't want the attention. (I do work with about 30 people in my department and 150 in the whole building.) Although, it would avoid that awkward conversations where coworkers are unsure if you are pregnant or just gaining weight. Which I have been that employee that was unsure, so instead of saying something, I didn't say anything at all. Which might have been even more rude.</p> <p>Also, I would probably wait as long as possible. Like when I start showing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144004 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:03:31 +0000 oliviaoblivia 144004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144003 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:03:04 +0000 DillonLion 144003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-144001 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:02:15 +0000 oliviaoblivia 144001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are only two women in my office. There is no hiding anything around here. I decided that because it's such a small company and my mat leave will take away a third of the workforce that it was best to say something early. So yeah, BFP this morning and already told my boss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-143972 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:43:51 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 143972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a lifeguard and horribly ill so I had to tell my co-workers right off. I was constantly having to run off the pool deck to puke or lie down, so it kind of needed an explanation. Good times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-143965 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:42:19 +0000 SAHM0811 143965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just told my boss... Soon after, everyone pretty much found out! Or I would just start to bring it up somehow during conversations... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-143964 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:41:35 +0000 DillonLion 143964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's cute! I work in an office of 4, and I was just going to go into my boss's office and tell him. Maybe I should do something a little more creative! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-moms-how-did-you-announce-at-work#post-143961 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:40:05 +0000 mrsjyw 143961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you announce?</p> <p>I plan on telling my boss in the next couple of weeks as we finally hit the second trimester. My immediate team is an intimate team of 10 or so people, so I want them to hear from me, instead of just guessing or hearing from others.</p> <p>I was thinking about bringing in cupcakes or bagels (blueberry and cherry only)...</p> <p>I don't want the fuss of attention, so I just want to leave out a basket of goodies with a note saying we're expecting.</p> <p>Any ideas? </p>