When did you tell work that you were PG?

Just curious. I am 6 weeks and DH thinks that I should tell my boss because my coworker is due in september and I will be due in late november. I feel more comfortable waiting a month or so until I am 3 months to tell. I work in a big place and once I tell my boss, the whole place will know! The only person that knows at work is my good friend. What do you girls think??? TIA!

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It really is a personal decision regarding who you want to know so early. I told my boss right away because he asked me to make chemotherapy for a patient the day after I found out. PG women should never make this preparation so I had to explain why I couldn't. I didn't tell the rest of the employees in the pharmacy until I was 3 months.

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I told my work right away b/c that next week we were doing a trade show and that normally means a lot of heavy lifting... which obviously I am not supposed to do.
But she was very cool with it.

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I told my job when I was 12 weeks.

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If I had an office job I probably would have told around 6-8 weeks- after my first u/s. Since I now work with kids I want to wait until the second trimester (which is next week.) I didn't/wouldn't want to explain to a bunch of kids if God forbid I had a miscarriage. My bosses do know though.

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We started telling people when I was 12 weeks (right after the first sonogram). I didn't meet with my boss until I was almost 13 weeks so that is when I started telling people at work.

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I didn't tell the partners until I was 15 weeks. I told a couple of my coworkers a little earlier though....about 11w.

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i was five months when i told them

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I'm in my sixth week- I am going to wait until I am in my second trimester. I told two coworkers though with whom I am friendly.

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I told yesterday. I'm 8 weeks. I decided I would wait until after my first u/s. My m/s is getting worse, so it was a good time to tell.

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I'll probably tell at 10 or 12 weeks.

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I'm a consultant, and currently I'm working at a client and my project will be finished in less than 1 month...but they have expressed interest in keeping me longer to work on their next project. I am meeting in 15 minutes to discuss the details....I think I will have to say something now, before I commit to accepting the project....sooooooo nervous!!!!!!!

ETA: It went great!!!! They would like to keep on to work on their next project...now, I just need to work out the contract details and hopefully get more $$$. She said she was very happy for me being PG and it was not a problem and didn't effect the position at all! I'm soooooooo excited

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I only told 2 people I was close with the first time, and I had a miscarriage so I sort of regretted it but then I didn't because I ended up having to tell my bosses because I had a missed miscarriage and was home waiting to miscarry, then ended up needing a d&c so everyone found out anyway, but they were surprisingly very compassionate (men).

This time I am not telling anyone until after the first trimester, because god forbid something goes wrong I don't want people to feel bad for me like that again, especially since someone here is pregnant, due when I was due with my first.

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I told work at around 17 weeks. I didn't want to tell them early in case of a miscarriage. I would have told them a little earlier, but my boss was not in the NY office for a while.

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I told around 8-9 weeks only b/c my m/s was out of control.

I had planned on telling them at 16 weeks.

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Prett much right away because working on my floor I have to sometimes handle chemotherapy medications which are toxic to a fetus so I had to let my job know.

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At 8 weeks, after I had my first sonogram to make sure everything was okay. I told my boss first and then gradually let folks around the office know.

Do what you feel most comfortable with.

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I told them when I was 16 weeks. I would at least wait till 12 weeks before you tell.

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I told my direct boss at 9 weeks only because I had so many appointments in the beginning. I came out to everyone else at 12 weeks.

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With my first, I told them when I was 12 weeks, with this pregnancy I had to tell people at about 10 weeks. It was sooooo obvious as I am huge already. Some people were even staring at my stomach, but too afraid to say anything.

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I was 15 weeks when I told

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i told at 12 weeks.