Is pregnancy catching?
In my workplace here we are 130 souls that put Channel 4 News together seven nights a week, construct More4 News five nights a week, the Channel 4 Noon news five days a week, and the Channel 4 News website.
Somehow, in amongst all that, no fewer than 10 of our women workers have had or are about to have babies inside the space of a year. Three fathers have done their bit too. That means that 10 per cent of our staff have procreated.
Anyone out there ever studied the effects of pregnancy on others? Is there a “broody” factor? Or is this the norm, that at any one time in a thrusting, youthful organisation 10 per cent will be making babies?
I’m off to cool off in the country. But don’t count on not getting a blog or two this weekend. Or even a baby!
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Please don’t get pregnant, Jon. You can’t be the Presenter of the Year AND being on paternity leave. I think?
Ten mothers with only three fathers having done their bit? The dads have been busy. Have you unintentionally let us in on a bit of scandal around the C4 News office?
My oldest girl had a baby four months ago at the age of 22. Now look what happend to the next in line at the age of 14 – just go to YouTube and look up the vid for taylorbaby.com.
What’s in the water coolers?
Hello Jon,
I have heard or read something along the lines that when women work along side each other in the same office their biological clocks begin to tick closer together.
You should have a competition with the BBC news and weather teams – half of their presenters seem to pregnant at any one time!
Thats a big statistic there. One for the news.
Are all the Channel 4 female news presenters pregnant or is it my wide screen?
I think it really is a catching thing. 5 people out of 60 pregnant at my work. Maybe pheromones?