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I'm not in a position to hire anyone, but as someone who is about to get pregnant, I think about it often, in relation to whether I would switch jobs. I would think an employer would be hesitant to hire someone who was pregnant unless they were extremely qualified and seemed like someone who'd stick around afterward. Also, around here, many women quit after their second baby to stay home, so the number of kid you were on might also come in to play, from a hirer's standpoint.

To be 100% honest I dont think I would hire a pregnant person, which sounds awful since I just had a baby myself but thats just what I think I would do. If I knew they were pregnant I would have doubts such as if they would really come back after having the baby, having to hire someone to cover them whilst they are gone, if they will really be able to work full capacity at a new job while pregnant.
Everytime you hire a new person it takes them a while to get into the swing of how things work even if they have had similar job roles before, so now factoring in a pregnancy plus time off, it would be a gamble that I might not be willing to take. Plus pregnancy is so unpredicatable and you just never know how much extra time off plus other issues may arise

It depends. I graduated grad school at 13w pregnant and everyone encouraged me to go job hunting but I didn't because it seemed unlogical to seek a position only to take my mat leave sick days and vacation days all at once only 5 months in. So, I didn't expect people to hire me and I don't think it'd hire someone either (for my job). But there are some jobs with a different nature in which hiring a pregnant woman would be no problem whatsoever