Telling Colleagues about a Pregnancy

How to Tell Your Boss You're Pregnant: 5 Tips

Photo credit:MFer Photography / Foter / CC BY-ND No conversation at work produces more anxiety than telling your boss you're pregnant. Even quitting may be easier! Since nerves make it tough to keep even important details in mind, here are 5 tips to help you break the news: 1.

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I remember being so nervous to tell my boss and team about my pregnancy last time. I think I told my boss when I was about 13 weeks and the rest of my (male, 20-something) team around 17-18 weeks when it was getting very obvious.

This time around, I'm not nervous, but I do find myself carefully staging annual reviews and project assignments so that I don't get any "maternity tax" complications. I work at a great company with great people, but I also believe it's practically impossible for people to ignore pregnancy when assessing your team worth. Fair or not, is that just how it is?