Today, I told my main department chair that I'm pregnant and asked what she wants to do for winter term. If the baby waits until the due date to show up, I'll make it through the end of the term. If baby comes early, I'd miss time... possibly quite a bit.
She was very supportive. We talked about what classes I might teach and she said she'd just get ready to potentially find a sub if necessary. I told her I'll be taking spring term entirely off, but will probably be ready to teach at least a little bit for summer and then back to "full part time" in the fall.
This is now the second department chair that I've told and both have been very supportive. Both of them are women, so maybe that's part of it. I've never had to have this talk with an employer before, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but it went well.
I've spent a fair amount of time wondering and sort of mildly worrying about what would happen winter term. It's a relief to have it resolved and not have to think about it, except in the context of how teaching is going to be once I'm ginormous.
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