i'm nearly 6 wks pg and i teach p/t in a secondary school. i have told my Head and head of dept as well as a few close colleagues. mostly because i need some time off for antenatal stuff and also i want them to know why i might not be 100% at the moment. i also told the head as he's been very good to me so i thought i'd do him a favour by letting him know in advance so he can do a bit of forward planning for next year. however, i did tell him not to broadcast it, and also not to make too many plans, as it's very early days, obviously.
a friend of mine who is head of another dept rang me tonight as she's been at a big curriulum meeting, which involves all senior management and every head of dept in the school. she told me that the head actually announced my news to all at the meeting!!!!
i'm absolutely fuming - one reason being that it is so early and anything could still happen. also i've had to ring my other friends at school tonight and tell them my news so that they don't hear it second hand from anyone who was at the meeting and assumes it's common knowledge. I'm just not ready to go public on this and also it's MY news for me to tell, not him - and now i feel like it's all spoilt and i feel like i'm now on display. it's made me feel very anxious tonight.
i rang a good friend who is a senior manager but who wasn't at the meeting and she was mortified at his behaviour. she's advised me to have it out with him as soon as i can tomorrow, and to try and be calm but very firm with him and let him know how cross/upset i am. but i'm not sure if i can trust my hormones at the moment!! i'm so mad