Hi all, I need some advice please. I have joined Accenture about 2 months ago, and I have just found out I am 6 weeks pregnant. This is great news, but I’m also worried about how I am going to balance things for the next 8 months. I think there are plans for me to be staffed on a project that requires weekly international travel, which would normally be fine but I have been struggling with first trimester health issues. Should I tell my PL? Should I tell staffing? Should I keep it to myself? Thx

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You should inform your manager and HR as well. Keep the record of it either in email or messages. You may be on probation in first 6 months so check your maternity rights during your pregnancy.

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Step 1: inform your doctor, start a paper trail.
Step 2: inform HR not project, ask for privacy or disclosure on travel needs.
Step 3: align with doctor on what they will recommend,

They can’t fire you for not traveling. And they won’t.

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Congrats SC! Good advice but know they can fire you for no reason at all in the US. Or just call it a layoff or bench time. One of the rare instances I would talk confidentially to HR.

Wait until you fit your 4-5 month before you announce anything. I know it’s illegal for companies to discriminate against pregnant women, but there are subtle ways they do it legally. Take it from a grandmother who has lived it and also watched my daughters battle the same bias.

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Thank you, so much.

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