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This week's WTF Wednesday post is brought to you by the crazy chick at a meeting I attended yesterday...
Yesterday, I attended a big meeting to talk about messaging, communications across our state and branding strategies. It was a good meeting with a lot of wonderful information flowing.
At the 5 minute break, which ended up being a 20 minute break because the speaker was jumped by interested folks with questions, I engaged a woman in conversation who just got her position. She was clearly excited about the new gig.
Then, a former co-worker of hers walked up (while we were talking) and the former colleague said, "Wow, I didn't know you left. Where are you now." The new lady dropped our convo (which I hate when people do) and started chatting her up.
Just when I thought, well, this is awkward, I'm going to go find someone else to talk to...
I heard her say....
"Ohhhh, and I don't know if you know, but I'm pregnant. It's number two...giggles."
I swear she was on a loud speaker when she shrieked the news.
The woman, who clearly looked taken back...she was probably thinking what I was thinking. WOW - ballsy move to take a new job and then declare your pregnancy....said, "What are you having this time?"
The woman popped back, "Oh, I'm barely 10 weeks along. I have no idea. But I'll Facebook you and let you know. Giggles."
In my head, I said, "WTF." A couple thoughts here:
1) 9 weeks along and telling the working world - ballsy - I could never do that. I'd be in labor before I told anyone after this crazy infertility journey.
2) Taking a new job w/out telling the new employer (which I did find out later) that your pregnant and then declaring it during your first week - ballsy/batshitcrazy. That's not the best way to build and strengthen relationships.
3) How nice would it be to be so carefree with such news...yes, I'm totally jealous!
4) Stop giggling when you talk, lady. It's not cute.
5) I'm so glad I'm not FB friends with her!
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Heeheeheehee!!
ReplyDeleteYes, the carefree attitude is quite enviable. I cannot imagine feeling so effortless about pregnancy. If she only knew that it's not that easy for many, many of us.
Oh to not have a care in the world about pregnancy. Yeah, quite ballsy for her to not tell her employer about what's going on. Plus, yelling it at the top of your lungs at a conference? Smooth move lady.
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely a lot of "wow"s here. I would keep my secret for as long as possible with a new job, just as a CYA. But even if I were above-board and told my new boss when I interviewed, I would not then tell ANYONE else for at least the first trimester. Do people you've just met actually want to know that you're fifteen minutes pregnant? Isn't that a little excessively personal? I mean, leaving aside the risk of miscarriage and all that stuff.
ReplyDelete(On that note, approximately, I was just told that one of the fertility docs hallowed by the Catholic crowd claims that all miscarriages are a sign of subfertility - rather than it being around a 30% chance for anyone, even a healthy woman, to have them. I frankly think a lot of these people overdiagnose, and I know LOTS of women with big families who've had one or two miscarriages and no other fertility issues, so I'm not convinced, myself. But, if that's true, it means that the normally fertile world is able to be blase about the whole first-trimester thing because IFers are having all the miscarriages, too. Fun, right?)