I hid my pregnancy from clients at work, and I don't regret it

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I hid my pregnancy from clients and coworkers for 8 months. I don't regret it.

. My income varies drastically and relies on me being involved in every aspect of my businesses, from providing in-person services for clients to creating content for social media or my newsletters.

At least, it doesn't in my case. If I'd planned ahead, I could have taken a short-term disability policy that would've provided me with paid maternity leave, but I would have had to take that policy out and pay into it for two years before getting pregnant. I didn't have the forward thinking to make that happen.Which is why I decided, from day one of being pregnant, that I'd still work when the baby came.

Once she told me that, I decided to commit to keeping this a secret. I figured that if nobody I work with knew I was pregnant, I could still apply for roles on TV shows and paid-promotion gigs, then delay meeting them for interviews until after I gave birth.Five months into my pregnancy, I booked a job as a TV host for an online show. I spent days shopping for outfits that hid any signs I was pregnant, but I started to get nervous that they'd notice anyway.

 

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