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Post by goldenbird on Feb 6, 2018 17:10:15 GMT -6
ohreally I'm dreading the attention. Our office is like an office within a big office area, so at least a few other people will hear about it immediately. I know my coworkers are going to freak out and it will be sort of loud 😂
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Post by ohreally on Feb 6, 2018 17:41:17 GMT -6
ohreally I'm dreading the attention. Our office is like an office within a big office area, so at least a few other people will hear about it immediately. I know my coworkers are going to freak out and it will be sort of loud 😂 For my last pregnancy I wore a maternity shirt knowing my loud mouth female coworker would recognize it as maternity and not be able to keep her mouth shut. She tried to keep it cool by causally commenting she liked my shirt. I responded, "it is from Motherhood." Cue freak out. The news spread quickly after that. I work at a different place now and it's mostly men so I just don't know what to expect for reactions.
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 6, 2018 21:05:32 GMT -6
ohreally I'm dreading the attention. Our office is like an office within a big office area, so at least a few other people will hear about it immediately. I know my coworkers are going to freak out and it will be sort of loud 😂 For my last pregnancy I wore a maternity shirt knowing my loud mouth female coworker would recognize it as maternity and not be able to keep her mouth shut. She tried to keep it cool by causally commenting she liked my shirt. I responded, "it is from Motherhood." Cue freak out. The news spread quickly after that. I work at a different place now and it's mostly men so I just don't know what to expect for reactions. My mom worked in a construction office when she was pregnant with me, so she was the only woman. She still talks about how helpful and kind everyone became after they found out she was pregnant. It will either be that or they will not care at all.
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 6, 2018 21:07:42 GMT -6
MH told one of his co workers last week that we were expecting twin girls and he came in Monday to an office completely decked out in pink 😂
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Post by potatocakes on Feb 7, 2018 9:24:17 GMT -6
For my last pregnancy I wore a maternity shirt knowing my loud mouth female coworker would recognize it as maternity and not be able to keep her mouth shut. She tried to keep it cool by causally commenting she liked my shirt. I responded, "it is from Motherhood." Cue freak out. The news spread quickly after that. I work at a different place now and it's mostly men so I just don't know what to expect for reactions. My mom worked in a construction office when she was pregnant with me, so she was the only woman. She still talks about how helpful and kind everyone became after they found out she was pregnant. It will either be that or they will not care at all. My office is about 50/50, but my immediate boss and his boss are male, and have kids around my age, and they were so protective of me last time, wouldn't let me lift ANYTHING, etc. It's nice.
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Post by ohreally on Feb 7, 2018 9:42:06 GMT -6
For my last pregnancy I wore a maternity shirt knowing my loud mouth female coworker would recognize it as maternity and not be able to keep her mouth shut. She tried to keep it cool by causally commenting she liked my shirt. I responded, "it is from Motherhood." Cue freak out. The news spread quickly after that. I work at a different place now and it's mostly men so I just don't know what to expect for reactions. My mom worked in a construction office when she was pregnant with me, so she was the only woman. She still talks about how helpful and kind everyone became after they found out she was pregnant. It will either be that or they will not care at all. When I was pregnant with my first, I was working as the resident engineer on a construction project. The guys were so nice....except the one clown who asked if the baby was my husbands! The foreman was mortified.
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Post by goldenbird on Feb 7, 2018 9:52:02 GMT -6
My mom worked in a construction office when she was pregnant with me, so she was the only woman. She still talks about how helpful and kind everyone became after they found out she was pregnant. It will either be that or they will not care at all. When I was pregnant with my first, I was working as the resident engineer on a construction project. The guys were so nice....except the one clown who asked if the baby was my husbands! The foreman was mortified. Wtf?? People are so rude!
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Post by tarheelmom on Feb 7, 2018 14:06:57 GMT -6
When I was pregnant with my first, I was working as the resident engineer on a construction project. The guys were so nice....except the one clown who asked if the baby was my husbands! The foreman was mortified. Wtf?? People are so rude! My husband is a commercial construction superintendent....the guys who work for him ask him to talk to HR (all female group) for them because they are afraid they might say something inappropriate. You would be shocked at how guys talk when there are no women around. Rude is an understatement!
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Post by goldenbird on Feb 10, 2018 14:55:17 GMT -6
Oh my gosh, my heart is so full. My parents were totally surprised and thrilled. They couldn't believe it lol. My dad thought that I had just gotten them the frame and the US pic in it was the stock photo 😂. I was like no, that's your grandkid. My middle sister was there and awake so I told her and she was really happy. Then I called my youngest sister on speakerphone and thanked her for the bottle of wine she gave me at Christmas and said I was looking forward to drinking it in August. She was like "why do you have to wait...wait, are you pregnant?!?" And she started shrieking.
My ILs could not have been more surprised because we handed them the gift bag and said it was a housewarming gift for their new house. When SMIL saw the card (Happy Valentine's Day to grandparents) she yelled, "are you really??", and FIL was already in tears. And when we said it was a boy he was just beside himself. He kept saying "we're going to be grandparents" and swiping away tears. I think we made his whole life. 🤗
I told my bff yesterday and she was really excited and happy for me also. They are TTC also and she's struggling with the wait. I have everything crossed that it happens for her soon. Her biggest dream is us being pregnant together.
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 10, 2018 15:19:30 GMT -6
OMG goldenbird I’m crying 😠I’m so glad it went so well and was so special for everyone!
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Post by sasam on Feb 10, 2018 16:31:58 GMT -6
That is so awesome goldenbird!! What great reactions!
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Post by goldenbird on Feb 10, 2018 17:28:43 GMT -6
Thanks y'all! I'm so happy it went well. And that my parents were home this morning! 😂
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Post by ohreally on Feb 19, 2018 10:40:04 GMT -6
Cat's out of the bag at work. I brought in treats and posted a message announcing the pregnancy. We still haven't told the kids but will soon. Then daycare will know
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Post by catladymeow on Feb 21, 2018 13:41:47 GMT -6
I told my boss. She already suspected it, which is what I thought. So we've told our parents (with a generic phone call) and now I've told my boss and that's all the announcing we generally do. I guess everyone else just figures it out as I get bigger. We don't do fancy social media photos or anything, we're boring.
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Post by potatocakes on Feb 21, 2018 15:37:46 GMT -6
Cat's out of the bag at work. I brought in treats and posted a message announcing the pregnancy. We still haven't told the kids but will soon. Then daycare will know The teachers at daycare knew the day after we told DD. News gets around!!
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