What is the latest someone has gone in house while pregnant? I am only four months and willing to/ can afford to take an unpaid leave.

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I was 18 weeks when I got an offer. Turned it down to lateral to another BigLaw firm at 20 weeks. Didn't disclose the pregnancy during the interview process though mostly because like, when does that even come up haha? My BigLaw recruiter said that anyone hiring people in a certain age group takes on the risk that they / their spouse will get pregnant or may be pregnant at any time and that's a risk that they need to bake into their hiring decisions.

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