I found out early last week that one of my new employees is pregnant. This employee told my office manager who, in turn, told me the next day. I wasn’t sure if this employee wanted me to know so I didn’t want to acknowledge the news. Then it was casually brought up later in the week and I decided to make it known that I knew. I congratulated her and took geniune interest in whatever news she wanted to disclose but had to be careful not to let on that I knew too much about pregnancy. 
I had lunch brought in today because the girls are having to stock a huge order we received this morning. I like to try to keep the mood light and fun and limit our conversations to anything other than work, especially on days like today. I asked our preggers employee how she’s been feeling. She said she’s been sleeping okay but is nauseous all the time. I asked how far along she was in the pregnancy. She said, “A couple months. I think. I haven’t even been to the doctor yet.”
This will be her and her husband’s second child. She has an 8-month-old daughter. Yeah, quick turn around, eh? But I’m really happy for her. Since I can’t be around my pregnant wife during the day, at least I have a pregnant employee who’s about as far along in gestation as Elise.
I’m having the mano y mano meeting with my boss tomorrow. I thought about writing out a list to have in front of me but realized I didn’t have much to warrant a list. Luckily I have a very cool and understanding boss and it should be a nice chat. I really just want to let him know that I want to telecommute for a few months after Mini Me comes. I’m 99.9999% sure he’ll be fine with that.
I’m debating on if I want to tell the girls at the office yet. The doctor said it’s best to wait at least ten weeks. I think tomorrow will be ten weeks. Or nine weeks. I still don’t know. I’ll get it figured out one of these days. I really wanted to wait until after our second doctor’s visit on the 29th of this month to make sure we were past the first trimester.
I’m confident that Elise and baby are fine so I may just tell the girls tomorrow after my meeting. I already had a “doctor’s appointment” on the first of the month. If I have another “doctor’s appointment” in the same month, they might start worrying about me.
I hope I don’t steal my employee’s thunder. Ahhh, who cares. This is Elise’s and my first baby. I can share the thunder with my employee 60/40.