What would you do?

[~StarBright~]

I would take the job if its offered to you- and tell them once you reach 12 weeks. Without being completely morbid, from personal experience and from your sig.. we both know that anything can happen in those early weeks of pregnancy, and you wouldnt want to miss out on the job opportunity for no reason. ( I'm so sorry- I didnt know how to put that nicely)

I think legally you dont need to tell them until 20 weeks or something. From what I gather there is a 3 month probrationary period of a new job, so you have a bit of leeway there to at least wait the three months and then tell them. The legally if they fire you because your pregnant then they are in big trouble!! You wont be intitled to paid maternity leave from the company or anything, so they cant be angry about that. Just 12 months off, if you want of unpaid leave.

Good luck!! I hope that you do get the job and they are a happy family friendly place to work!!

[Ashlee]

Thanks SB, don't worry I don't find that morbid at all. Have had HCG monitoring and scans and it looks like this one is sticky (not to mention my inflating belly). My previous 2 miscarriages were at 5-6 weeks also, so I'm confident this bubby isn't going anywhere.

That's the thing though, I am already starting to show now at 8 weeks and know by 20 weeks there will be absolutely no hiding or denying it, it's already noticeable (I'm 56kg and 171cm tall, and second bub, so there isn't really anywhere for things to hide lol)

I'm aware they won't pay me for any time off, but are you sure about 12 months maternity leave after only being there 6 months? I thought you had to have been an employee for 12 months before they had to give you any sort of mat leave? Maybe this would be dependant on the company or is there a national guideline on that?

I guess unless I did something terribly wrong, firing me based solely on being pregnant would get them into lots of trouble....but that would be a long, drawn out process to prove if they cited some other reason.

Argh I over think everything lol the people I interviewed were fantastic, very encouraging, I wouldn't seem them being nasty - but after all, they are Lawyer's lol