Hi all - hope this is the right place to put this and apologies it’s a bit niche but I’m in a right conundrum.
Equine vet here, and I have just taken up a new job (3 weeks in- all going well!) However, I have just found out I am pregnant again (very early, 4 weeks ish). I have had a lot of fertility issues which include difficulty getting pregnant but mainly difficulty staying pregnant. Whenever surgical interventions have been required previously, the nature of the job has meant time off work to physically recover. This was fine in that sense of the word at my last practice, where I’d been there a long time, and all my colleagues were aware of what was going on so no “awkward” questions were asked, if you like.
However, this is not the case at my new job. I have only just started and I don’t feel like I know them well enough to be comfortable explaining that I am pregnant, but may then not be if I have another loss.
So my main worry is thus:
A large part of my job is the orthopaedics, and therefore the amount of radiation used each day is a fair amount. Obviously this is done safely and following standard procedures however, in order to stop doing this, I will need to tell my new employer that I am pregnant. I am, given the above history and the fact I am very early days, very nervous to do as such as I suppose my chance of another loss is still high.
What would you do? Any ideas on how to approach this? My priority is obviously my pregnancy but I also do feel a bit awkward telling them in the first place to be honest - I’ve been hired to do orthopaedics mainly and this is the area that will be most impacted. I’m also not comfortable discussing any loss openly with people I barely know.
Thanks and sorry for brain dump.