Just found out not long ago that I’m pregnant! Exciting but scary given that I started a new position about six months ago. How long did everyone wait to tell their supervising attorneys? I’m at 10 weeks now and am struggling with severe nausea in the office, so I feel like I’m going to be found out if I don’t mention something soon. Also, not sure about whether the firm has maternity leave (not in the handbook). Is there an easy way to bring it up after I announce? Thanks for the advice!

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Congrats! I announced at 13 weeks. I told HR first and discussed maternity leave, etc. with them. They told me that they would keep the news confidential until I was ready to tell others at my firm. I ended up telling my boss the following week.

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You’re welcome! I also asked for an accommodation to work from home full time during the pregnancy. It’s a reasonable accommodation given the risks of Covid to you and the baby and everything else you’re going through. Just throwing that out there since you’re struggling with nausea — can’t hurt to ask HR!

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Congratulations! Maybe you’ve already announced, but FWIW, I was in a similar position and I announced at 12 weeks. I work at a small firm and told the female named partner first. I debated whether to tell our HR director first or not and get more information about the exact policies etc. But I ultimately changed my approach because the firm is so small. Luckily, everyone was very excited and receptive. After I told the partner, I reached out to HR for any information I needed to clarify the maternity leave policy. Was such a relief to announce though!

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