I know, pregnancy is hard. At first, I was genuinely happy for her. I offered to pick up lunch when she felt nauseous.
I didn’t mind grabbing her reports from the printer or covering a meeting here and there. We all go through things, right? I figured it was just a temporary adjustment.
But then, my pregnant teammate started forwarding her tasks to me with a note: “Would you mind helping? Baby brain today!” That phrase started popping up almost daily. I told her to stop, but she laughed, “You’ll understand when you’re pregnant.”
I was stunned. I didn’t respond and left. And, little did I know, things were going to get much worse.
