Work pregnancy announcement - embarrassed!!

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Today I told my manager i’m pregnant. I’m currently 10 weeks and we had a meeting in person so it seemed appropriate to tell him as I won’t be seeing him for a while (I work from home usually).

My manager has always been supportive however for some reason, telling him was making me so nervous. When I told him, I started crying and I am so embarrassed! I said it was happy tears and that I was just so nervous to tell him. His reaction was great and he was so supportive but I can’t help feeling like a total unprofessional idiot for crying!! I don’t even know why I cried?! Maybe it was because of the nerves I had built up as it is my first child… maybe it’s hormones… all I do know is I feel so silly and embarrassed!

Have any of you cried to your boss at work? Or cried when announcing your pregnancy? I just feel like a total weirdo and that it makes me seem like I’m sad about it when i’m really not 😫

I cried when I told my boss about my first pregnancy and I think it was just the build up/worry of telling him. I don't know why but I felt so worried about telling him and of course it was fine. I also cried a few times at work in both my pregnancy's but I'm blaming the hormones.

Not exactly to my boss at work, although she was present. My team is fully remote and we first met, in the US, a few days after I found out I was pregnant. We done a "360 review", which was basically just a bunch of lovely comments to each other. We took turns to read our reviews out and I was just a bubbling wreck. I felt so embarrassed. It was far too early to tell them of the pregnancy. I blame the hormones!

I cried when i told my boss i was pregnant.. i think its the relief of getting it off your chest its like a sigh of relief and then a good cry to really get it all out!

I mean honestly what didn't I cry about when I was pregnant. Don't worry op, you're not alone!

I cried constantly during my pregnancy including at work. I even cried at my booking appointment when the midwife was talking about who would look after me during labour.

For me it was a combination of hormones, the culmination of a tricky TTC journey and a bit of underlying antenatal anxiety (and i also had PND afterwards).

I would say dont worry too much as 90% of the time it is probably just crazy pregnancy hormones but keep an eye on your mental health and dont be afraid to ask for help from your midwife / GP if you feel like it might be more than just hormones.

Congratulations on your pregnancy

Not exactly the same but I cried at almost every mid wife appointment 😳 I was v embarrassed. I think she started expecting it as always had a box of
tissues there when I went in. Think I was just hormonal but she must have thought I was a weirdo!!

it happens

I cried when I told my boss I was pregnant, she also cried - happy tears. She also thought I was going to give my notice when I had asked to meet. Clearly she couldn’t cope at the thought of me leaving and was so happy it was only temporary 🙈