Out of the pregnancy closet at work

I have finally outed myself at work. Coincidentally, my yoga teacher also outed me today. So, it's a good thing that I was planning on telling anyway.

When I set up time to meet with my manager today I was vague about what I wanted to discuss. I wasn't sure how to make the announcement. I didn't want to be a grandstander, but I didn't want to sound like a callous bitch either. So, it worked out well that today it was announced that someone else from the team was leaving. I used that as my segue when I met with my manager. I told him that I needed to speak with him, and I knew that I was vague about why, but I wasn't quitting. I went on to tell him that though I wasn't leaving now, I would be needing to take some time off in August for maternity leave. I don't deal well with blurting out things like "I'm pregnant." People always seem genuinely happy for us, and congratulatory, but I still feel awkward for some reason. So, this worked for it's purpose, felt natural, and I didn't feel weird about it. He received the news well and I'm glad that's out of the way now. Since my manager's been told, I've been telling some others at work as well, but If I keep telling everyone personally I'm never going to get any work done. I think I may just bring in one of the ultrasound pictures, hang it up, and let people figure it out as the come by to visit. Once word gets out I'm sure it will disseminate fairly quickly.

About the yoga teacher - Oh Peter, you little rascal. I had been taking a weekly yoga class during my lunch break and I didn't sign up for the latest session which started today. When a co-worker who takes the class and has an office near mine returned from class she told me that Peter had outed me. I knew exactly what he had outed. The details were hairy, but Peter being the smart-ass that he is (yes, he really is a yoga teacher and I love him for his sassiness) needed to explain that it wasn't because of him that I was out for this session. If it had been earlier I may have been irritated, but this worked out perfectly.