Pregnancy Week by Week
A resource to help you manage your job and life, through and after your pregnancy.
Conception & First Trimester
- Deciding When to Start a FamilyWeek4
- When To Tell Your Boss You're PregnantWeek5
- Why You Might Want To Tell Your Boss You’re Pregnant On The Early SideWeek6
- How to Deal With Mixed Feelings About Your PregnancyWeek7
- How To Secretly Find Out Your Company’s Maternity Leave PoliciesWeek8
- How To Handle (Or Hide) Your Morning Sickness At WorkWeek9
- Miscarriage and WorkWeek10
- How To Hide Your Pregnancy At WorkWeek11
- How To Make It Easier To Tell Your Boss You’re Pregnant in 9 StepsWeek12
Second Trimester
- When (And How) To Tell Your Clients The NewsWeek13
- Getting A Job When You’re Interviewing And PregnantWeek14
- How Long Can You Get Away With Not Buying Maternity Clothes?Week15
- Getting More Maternity Leave If You're Unhappy With What You HaveWeek16
- How To Stay Healthy At Work During Your PregnancyWeek17
- Planning Your Money Moves If You Don’t Get (Enough) Paid LeaveWeek18
- What Do You Do If Your Job Isn’t Family Friendly?Week19
- When Nosy, Insensitive Colleagues Are Up In Your Pregnancy BusinessWeek20
- Should You Go For A Promotion While Pregnant?Week21
- How Much Is Too Much To Share When You’re Pregnant At Work?Week22
- Planning Your Money Moves If You Don’t Get (Enough) Paid LeaveWeek23
- 6 Tips for Successful Business Travel While You’re PregnantWeek24
- When It May Make Sense To Get Freelance Coverage During Your Maternity LeaveWeek25
- How and When To Start Looking For ChildcareWeek26
- How To Pick Childcare That Gives You Peace Of MindWeek27
Third Trimester
- 6 Ways To Make Your Third Trimester Smoother Sailing At WorkWeek28
- Setting Yourself Up For Maternity Leave If You’re A ManagerWeek29
- Building Your Mom GroupWeek30
- 6 Ways Your Relationship With Work May Change As A New MomWeek31
- What To Buy To Get Ready for BabyWeek32
- How to Prep for Maternity LeaveWeek33
- The Ideal Maternity Leave TimelineWeek34
- The Deets on All That Grown-Up Paperwork That Comes With BabyWeek35
- How To Make Your Third Trimester a Little More Comfortable at WorkWeek36
- 6 Ways Your Relationship With Work May Change As A New MomWeek37
- Your Final Big Departure ChecklistWeek38
- Can I Work During Maternity Leave?Week39
- Maternity Leave CoachingWeek40
Maternity Leave
- What NOT To Do During Your First Week of Maternity LeaveWeek41
- Maternity Leave as a Second Time MomWeek42
- Dealing With Postpartum DepressionWeek43
- Preparing to Pump When You Go Back to WorkWeek44
- Preparing to Pump at Work — The EquipmentWeek45
- How Much Should You Keep In Touch With Work?Week46
- 5 Ways to Empower Your Co-ParentWeek47
- Not Sure About Going Back to Work?Week48
- What If You Decide Not To Go Back To Work?Week49
- How U.S. Law Impacts New Moms At WorkWeek50
- The Milk Stash and Dress RehearsalWeek51
- What To Do If You’re Fired While Pregnant (or on Maternity Leave)Week52
Back to Work
- Tips For Your First Week Back From Maternity LeaveWeek53
- Where to Even Begin With Your Mountain of EmailsWeek54
- How to Pump at WorkWeek55
- How Much To Talk About Your Newborn At WorkWeek56
- A Guide For the Sleep-Deprived Working MomWeek57
- Don’t Leave Home Without Your Breast PumpWeek58
- How To Deal With A Boss That Isn’t Supportive Of Your PumpingWeek59
- 3 Hilariously Honest Pumping StoriesWeek60
- Can You 'Have It All'?Week61
- Big Changes That Can Make A Big Difference In Your Work-Life BalanceWeek62
- How 4 Different Women Think About Balancing Big Jobs And Growing FamiliesWeek63
- How to Actually Carve Out 'Me Time'Week64
- How to Get the Flexible Schedule You NeedWeek65
- How to Handle Being Mommy-TrackedWeek66
- How To Juggle Work And A Sick BabyWeek67
- How To Keep Your Nights And Weekends Sacred(ish)Week68
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