how to tell the boss

[Karina]

I work in an office and just sent my boss an quick email to ask him for a few minutes of his time so we could have a quick chat. We used the meeting room at work and I just pretty much said "I just wanted to let you know that I'm pregnant. "

Luckily, he was actually quite supportive about it and asked how many weeks pregnant, how I was feeling, and asked if I wanted to take maternity leave or if I was going to resign. I told him I was planning on taking maternity leave and then returning part time. I was 12-13 weeks pregnant when I told him. When I was about 20-24 weeks, I wrote a letter saying that I was pregnant and that I'm going to be taking maternity leave. Then 4 weeks before I started my leave I had to give notice of the exact dates which I planned to start and finish my leave and give them a letter from my midwife confirming my pregnancy. That was my requiremnts - yours culd be different.

Its not your fault if its going to be a pain for them to organise a replacement. I think, just tell them the truth and be honest. Just say your pregnant. You will propbably need to give a letter or fill in a form at some point when you need to apply for maternity leave though.

Hope your boss is nice to you