When should you tell your firm that you’re pregnant?

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When you find out the baby is healthy. Not trying to be insensitive but this happened to my sister. Announced to the world and then had a miscarriage and she regretted telling employer, friends and family. As a man I empathized with her but only women can truly understand what that’s like. She blamed herself for it but it’s never the mothers fault.

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I’ll add that it also depends on whose support you would want if something bad does happen. Maybe it’s just your direct boss and not your whole team. Or maybe it’s nobody at work. But that’s how I would think about it, knowing that you’ll likely want some understanding and grace at work during that time.

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When you are comfortable telling everyone in your life, which may be well after you are comfortable telling your friends and family.

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