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People join firms WHILE they are pregnant. Honestly I wouldn’t worry about it. Your life comes first.
This.
If you’re thinking of getting pregnant, I’d recommend waiting because I don’t think it’s a great idea—your firm might not do paid maternity leave (check your firm’s policy to see how long you have to be there before you get paid leave) and at least in big law, you could be held back a class year due to missing a good chunk of the year once you go on leave (which I’ve seen happen for first years and junior laterals).
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This is very firm specific on how long until you're eligible for leave, but FMLA requires a year of employment. That's JUST job protection - not paid leave, which going to be a separate policy at your firm. If you wait four months and then have a full term pregnancy then you'll likely be completely fine. Start with getting a copy of the policy for parental leave and then if you need to see if there are exceptions, think about whether you want to have a conversation with someone trustworthy at the new firm. If this was big law I'd say the odds are that even if you aren't there for 12 months they'll give you full leave but idk what kind of firm you're working for.
I never worked in BigLaw, but based on the timing you describe above, it sounds like you’d be eligible for FMLA by the time you give birth, so I think you should be all right.
That's assuming she makes it full term. 50/50
I joined 3 months prego went out on leave and came back smoothly. Please don’t listen to old school ppl on here
OP if you’re pregnant now don’t sweat. Life happens! Just try to get as much info about the policies at your firm as you can before you announce and put in the best quality of work before leave.