When did you tell work you are pregnant?

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I'm 11 weeks pregnant and once I have my 12 week scan next week I'm going to tell my family. However I'm not so sure I want to tell work just yet. There's been a lot going on and I very much doubt they will be happy for me., in fact I think they will be annoyed and feel inconvenienced!

When did you tell your work?

12 weeks for the reason of being anxious about maternity pay etc. Also, they do have to carry a risk assessment out so if you have a job involving any manual labour you may have to tell them in order to avoid any work that is unsafe. You don't have to tell them for a while though if you choose not to.

It can be daunting to tell work but there are a lot of policies and legislation to protect pregnant women that won't apply if they don't know. Also, they tend to need to have your Mat B1 form by a certain date to sort out your maternity leave/pay.

Good luck! x

About 6 weeks all 3 times - they were the first people to know after my DH. I needed time off for things like booking in appointments and I didn’t want to lie to them.

I told my work at 7 weeks. I didn’t want to but I had to work from home that day because I felt so unwell

In dribs and drabs. I'd had a mmc 4 months prior and a lot went wrong and needed 2 weeks off. I started bleeding at 5 weeks and wanted them to be prepared that I might need more time off so I told my line manager in confidence. At 6 weeks the rest of my department found out as the only toilet is next to the office of a gossip and I was horrendously sick but I didn't officially tell the boss until 12 weeks and tell HR until 25 weeks (although we have our meetings together once a week so it was common knowledge long before).

Im also worried about telling work, I've got a positive test but my first appointment isn't until the 16th (tbc though as may be 12 weeks by that point)
But unsure if I should tell my manager tomorrow when I go to work as my job can sometimes involve heavy lifting (boxes of silicone, hinges, kitchen doors etc) Even boxes of paper. Any advice? xx

6 weeks because my job is safety critical. Plus i had terrible morning sickness so was easier that they knew. Congratulations 🎊

I waited until 18 weeks. Would have waited longer but thought I better get it done before people started guessing!

7 weeks. I work in childcare with 0-3 year olds which involves a lot of pick up of children for nappy changes. My manager is not the most sympathetic when it comes to sickness but can’t discriminate obvs now 😉

12 weeks. I was desperate to get into maternity jeans and I had been saying no to coffee/tea rounds for 5 weeks by then.