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[quote=Anonymous]I have two, but a friend just had her fourth.  I can tell you that I don't know a single woman at my firm who has three children.  That doesn't mean that she doesn't exist, but I haven't met her yet.  At my old firm, one friend had four, but she quit when her third was born.

In any event, I agree with PP re notice, but, to be quite honest, I take the "ignore" approach.  In other words, I don't tell until it's obvious (plus, it's sort of fun to watch the older male partners squirm and try to figure out whether you are pregnant).  In our firm, HR asks that you give it a certain amount of time so that it can start the paperwork, and my practice group is small, so our practice group asks for time for any absence so that it can manage workload, but were it not for those two things, I see no need to tell people immediately.  No reason not to, I just take the "it's not a big deal" approach.

When you hit three, many people will think that you aren't in it for the long haul, just based on their prior experiences with associates in law firms.  So be prepared for some comments, even well meaning ones that don't come out that way.  Oh the stories I could tell...

I lucked out in that I had our kids at two different firms.  [/quote]

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