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[quote=Anonymous]Hi jindc!  Poppy weighing in.

My direct boss is a good old Southern gentleman (as one coworker put it), which means sort of misogynistic in the same clueless way as Pumpkin's boss.  Last time, I told him and my higher-up boss (who's not misogynistic at all, and really super supportive) together, because I didn't want to deal with boss 1's issues.  Then I just told the coworkers I'm close to and let the news get around.  There are maybe 60 people in my lab, though, 15 of whom I work with fairly closely.

I'm sort of dreading telling people this time, only because we have a new staff member who has the worst boundaries on the planet, and would think nothing of sending an email to the entire lab saying "let's all congratulate Dr. [name] on her joyful news" blah blah blah.  One of my officemates knows, because she caught me drinking a Coke, but she's good at keeping secrets.

All of which is my long-winded way of saying I don't think it's odd at all that you don't want to tell your d-bag coworkers.  In your shoes, I wouldn't want to, either, and probably wouldn't.  Depending on how your maternity leave will impact them you'll need to communicate plans, etc., but I'd just be matter of fact about it.[/quote]

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