WWYD re: telling work about pregnancy

[countthestars]

I am just about 12 weeks (holy shit) and was planning on telling work right after my NT scan. I WFH most days and go into my office (3 hours away) 2 or 3 times per month. The hospital just rescheduled my NT scan from this week to next Tuesday because of a mix up in scheduling and I can't push it back any further due to how far along I am. I was supposed to be in the office on Tuesday to stay over for more important meetings on Wednesday.

Should I just tell my manager over the phone what is going on?
Take off Tuesday morning and drive straight down from my appt to work the other half of the day on Tuesday and tell her in person?

We are totally swamped at work so I feel bad taking the morning off but really want to do the scan. I've already had multiple appointments on my calendar recently.

She has two young children and I think would be very understanding, I was just hoping to not tell work until after the scan.

Also, how long does it take to get "results" from an NT scan?

Thanks!

[dcrunnergirl]

No advice, but I was just about to post this exact question b/c I'm running into the same troubles...lots of appts lately and my NT Scan next week, and I'm sort of out of legit excuses.

I saw the genetics counselor this week for my blood work. She said we'd have the u/s and b/w results right away at the NT scan. If you aren't doing the b/w ahead of time, you'll probably get the NT scan results at the appt, but they'll have to wait a few days for the b/w results to come in to give you your complete risk assessment.

[CloudBee]

Do you need to take an entire half day off? I would wait until after the NT scan, personally. I told my boss at 9 weeks because I had to run out the door for an unexpected ultrasound due to bleeding, and didn't want to relay the news over the phone or via email if something were wrong. (I would have told her if that had been the case.) My original plan was to wait until 12 weeks.

[countthestars]

Dec 5, 2012 9:11:00 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Do you need to take an entire half day off? I would wait until after the NT scan, personally. I told my boss at 9 weeks because I had to run out the door for an unexpected ultrasound due to bleeding, and didn't want to relay the news over the phone or via email if something were wrong. (I would have told her if that had been the case.) My original plan was to wait until 12 weeks.

Unfortunately yes. Normally I would leave home at 6am to be in the office around 9. My appt is at 10:15 about a half hour away so I could work from 9 to 9:30 but then would have to go to my appointment at 10:15 and then drive down to CT, getting there closer to 1:30 or 2.

[ijack]

I would take half a day, then head over there and tell her in person.

[vanillacourage]

Can you reschedule the appointment for first thing/last thing in the day?