When did you tell your employer that you’re pregnant?

Question

I’ll be 6 weeks tomorrow & I’m having a hard time finding an appointment with my OBGYN that would fit my work schedule. I’m a nanny so it’s nearly impossible for me to take off unless I tell them why. Ideally I’d like to wait until after the 1st ultrasound at the earliest to tell them since I’m planning to leave and stay home once I have the baby, but the mom just went back to work after having her second child so I’m also worried about adding extra stress to their plate (I know they’ll be absolutely thrilled for us but it is a really busy time for them)... I’ve been with them for almost 3 years so we’ve gotten close, I just want to make sure I tell them at the right time.
Any advice would be so helpful! Especially from anyone who’s been in a similar situation! 🙏🏼

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I would just say it's for a doctor's appointment. and tell them when the time is right

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I told mine right away just because how close we are. I’m a waitress at a small family own restaurant. The only one I haven’t told is the rude ones that talk shit.

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Why can’t you just tell them it’s a doctors appointment and not go into any further detail? If they press you for information you can just say that it’s nothing serious but you’d prefer not to discuss it.

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I told my boss at 5 weeks because I had to. My job isn’t super pregnancy friendly (hazardous materials, RF radiation, lots of ladders) so I needed to be moved to another position. The side effect of that is all my co-workers now suspect I’m pregnant. Some have asked me point blank if that was why I was moved and I have such a hard time lying to people.

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I waited until I was 20 weeks the first time because I was barely showing and was nervous lol. But this time around I told them sooner because my doctor visits were all in 2 weeks or so because doctor was leaving on vacation.

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I had to tell right away because I had awful morning sickness and work at a coffee shop - so they had to know why I kept throwing up lol! If you're close to them I'd tell them sooner rather than later

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I had to tell my boss around 8 weeks as I ended up in the hospital. Otherwise I probably would have waited until 12 weeks.

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Told my boss at 11weeks, because I knew she was having a meeting with her boss, and it was right before vaccination time, so I would have been about 18weeks pregnant before I saw her again. And it’s not easy to get a temporary employee for my job,so I wNted to give them plenty of time.

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I haven’t yet.

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