Do you typically have one on one sessions with her? I would just make an appointment with her to pop in and have a chat. I agree though, I think it's super awkward as well. I'm also dreading it, mostly because my work is project based, so I don't have permanent job, just work contract to contract. So we are literally in the middle of stressing about procuring the funding for my next project (to start in the spring). And then like a month later, I've got to tell her I'm going on maternity before it starts and we have to find someway to delay it! I feel so deceptive, but I can't risk not making sure the work is in place because if anything happens, then I won't have a job after this year or I won't have a job to come back to after maternity. But it's like, oh, by the way, about all that work I just made you do, never mind about that....because I'm having a baby! It seems really awkward.