{"id":8716,"date":"2019-02-05T11:33:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/tips-on-how-to-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work-8716\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:12:20","slug":"tips-on-how-to-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/tips-on-how-to-announce-your-pregnancy-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on how to announce your pregnancy at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Congratulations! You\u2019ve just discovered that you\u2019re pregnant and you couldn\u2019t be happier because this is a huge step forward in your life.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you gear up for the journey forward \u2013 eagerly awaiting the arrival of your little one \u2013 it\u2019s important to take some time to think about how you\u2019re going to announce the news at work. Here are some tips that might give you some direction on how to move forward:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sooner could be better<\/strong><\/span>
\nWomen usually prefer to wait until their second trimester to announce their pregnancy at work. But if you\u2019re too delighted to hide it any longer, there\u2019s nothing that says you shouldn\u2019t break the news earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of months into your pregnancy, your body will start changing and you will likely experience discomfort on a daily basis. Having compassionate colleagues who know about your little secret will definitely be a welcome support through the morning sickness and mood swings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell your boss first<\/strong><\/span>
\nBefore you tell your team, you need to break the news to your boss. You might think it\u2019s okay to tell just the colleague who sits next to you or the one you lunch with, but you really should tell her manager first.<\/span><\/p>\n

While your day-to-day office routine might not change much, being pregnant will likely affect some other aspects of your job \u2013 there could be a big project close to your due date or travel arrangement may need to be made for a conference or other work trip \u2013 and you need to bring your boss on the same page so that you can plan next steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plan, plan, plan<\/strong><\/span>
\nYou might be busy planning big stuff on the personal front as you prepare for the arrival of your little one, but there\u2019s yet another kind of planning to add onto your list \u2013 team planning!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve told your boss the good news, have a sit down with your immediate coworkers and communicate clearly<\/a> with them in order to plan things well. Share preliminary thoughts on when you want to start and end your maternity leave, discuss how your team should manage the workload while you\u2019re away, and schedule handover meetings with your teammates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Break the news to everyone<\/strong><\/span>
\nOnce you\u2019ve got all the details ironed out with your boss, it\u2019s time to break the happy news to your office at large. Pick your moment \u2013 perhaps in your weekly catch ups or the next team meeting!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations! You\u2019ve just discovered that you\u2019re pregnant and you couldn\u2019t be happier because this is a huge step forward in your life. As you gear up for the journey forward \u2013 eagerly awaiting the arrival of your little one \u2013 it\u2019s important to take some time to think about how you\u2019re going to announce the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-career-women"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36459,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/36459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}