[Ktates]

While I am pretty close with the people I work with I also decided not to tell anyone but my boss and the HR person. I told my boss and the HR person when I started the homestudy - mainly to give them a headsup on the travel and also to find out if I can do part time later on and what the deal is with maternity leave (there is none since I am not giving birth). My boss has been sworn to secrecy. There were quite a few people around me that have just had children so sometimes I wish I had said something so I wouldn't get the "when are you having kids?" question/comments. Basically I don't want people asking me questions I don't have answers to or making stupid comments when I am trying to do my job. Telling my boss was difficult enough - while he is supportive he's not exactly tactful about some of his comments.

I have tried to tell our friends it will be quite a while before we hear something but they still ask a million questions every time we see them. It's nice that they are happy for us but for me it's just a reminder that we don't have a child yet.