I'm due to start a new job on 13th July, I am currently working my notice period at my current job and when I accepted the new job I didn't know I was pregnant. Now I have to tell my new employer I'm pregnant, and I also have my booking appointment on my first day at my new job, along with an early scan at 9 week, another appointment at 10 weeks the a scan at 12 weeks. Has anyone been in this position? Legally they obviously need to give me time for my appointments but just wasn't sure how to go about it. Any advice would be great!
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Not sure about giving you time for your appointments bc i did mine before or after work. I took a new job at 3 months pregnant and told the hiring manager in my interview. She said I could wait to tell HR till I was ready so after 20 weeks I told HR. Obviously I was hired when I was already pregnant. I would say if you didnt know when hired and still are in your first trimester where things could go either way maybe talk to your boss and see what they say.

I’m still looking for a new job, but I’m 7w 1d along and I’m trying to find a new job quickly cause I’m aware most jobs won’t hire if your pregnant 😩

Yeah I would say don’t tell them until you are 20 weeks when you have to read your new manager. Or atleast you have had time to show them you can do the job well.
You can ask for appointments to be around work hours or you can tell work you have an appointment without having to explain that it’s pregnancy related.