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I’m pregnant

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My husband and I have exciting news: we are expecting a child.  The baby is due on August 20.  As a result, I will be taking maternity leave from whenever I go into labor until approximately January.  Microsoft is an amazing company to work for, providing 20 weeks of maternity leave (some of that is unpaid). 

I wanted to make this announcement well in advance so that everyone will be aware that I’ll be out for an extended period of time.  That means that I will miss out on some great conferences: devLink, the St. Louis Day of .NET, the Ann Arbor Give Camp, several regional Celebrations of Women in Computing, and possibly CodeMash. 

While I am out, you guys can work with my fabulous teammates:

I will be taking a break from blogging and tweeting during this time as well.  If there is anything that you need from me, please let me know well in advance of August.  I will miss you all during maternity leave!

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  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Congratulations, Jennifer!

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Congratulations!

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Congratulations Jennifer (and "Mr Jennifer") but we will miss you while you're gone.

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    So awesome!!!  That's just wonderful news!  Congratulations!  :O)

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Whooo Hoo! :) Are you planning on giving birth underwater? I hear it is less traumatic for the baby because it's in water. But certainly more traumatic for the other people in the pool.

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Squee! Congrats to the both of you! I bet T is going to make an awesome big sis. You will definitely be missed during your leave, but how wonderful that you have such a generous amount of leave time available!

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2011
    Congrats, enjoy your time off with the baby and your husband.

  • Anonymous
    February 27, 2011
    Congratulations... I just saw your tutorial on WPF animation and found it to be just great.

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2011
    Congratulations Jennifer!