Should I tell boss I’m pregnant?

[Firsttimerworryer]

I’m 10.6 days pregnant and next week have my end of year review at work. I’m only on a year contract up to March 2019 (due Feb 5th) but it’ll likely extend.

I didn’t want to tell anyone until after 12 week scan (July 30) and ideally didn’t want to tell Work until after I came back from leave (going first two weeks August) but is it dishonest not to tell boss in review when we’re discussing what I want to work on next year? They could also offer a bonus.

I feel guilty then assigning me projects, talking about development/potentially extending contract in the meeting and then two weeks later I say actually I’m pregnant and will be off from Jan.

But equally I don’t want to jinx things by saying early and feel I have to say earlier than I wanted to. Is it dishonest? Should I tell them?

IMO if they question if you were being deceitful, you should say that you weren't telling anyone until after 12 weeks for various reasons.

Congrats on the pregnancy

So no, I wouldn't until after 12 weeks.

10.6 days or 10 weeks 6 days?

Not unless it's a safety issue, ie you work with chemicals.

Employer rules are u don't need to disclose pregnancy until 12 weeks (or until u have had your first scan) so my employer told me ...as they don't do a risk assessment til then.

You legally don’t have to disclose until (the latest date) 15 weeks before your due date.
Of course you don’t have to tell them - you’ll still be there for another 6 months - and you deserve to be judged on your work bit your situation and whilst legally they can’t say anything - you don’t want to wonder what if.
Tell when you are ready!!!

You don't have to tell them and I'm sure most will say to wait till 12 week scan, but my contract was also due to come to an end in the beginning of my mat leave so would have been made redundant and it would have affected my maternity pay. I told my manager earlier - around 9 weeks - and he extended my contract earlier which meant that I now get full employee benefits (which was incredibly nice).

10.6 days pregnant That's a very specific amount of pregnant.

I wouldn't tell them tbh. As pp says let them judge you on your work not your pregnancy. You could always see you didn't see the point in disclosing before your scan as you didn't know if everything would be okay.

Congratulations on your pregnancy