Pregnant Woman Fired For Taking Too Many Bathroom Breaks We did a double-take when we saw that a pregnant woman in Kansas City was fired from her call center job for taking too many bathroom breaks. As every mom — or anyone who has been around a pregnant woman for at least a few hours — knows, frequent (like, every few minutes) trips to the ladies room are the norm when baby's on board. See what this mom-to-be did when her boss told her she wasn't being "paid to pee."