How to Manage Fertility Treatment at Work and Tell Your Boss and What Companies can do to Offer more Support

This week I had an incredible chat with Emma Haslam from Your IVF Abroad and we talked all things IVF and fertility and how to manage the process at work.

Having IVF treatment can be difficult emotionally and physically - the toll on your body can be really challenging to manage, especially when you you have a busy job and you're juggling home life. Having an understanding and supportive line manager that can show empathy towards someone undergoing this treatment is important but seems to be a rarety at the moment. Equally having a company who has a policy in place for taking leave for appointments or sick leave is so helpful as women and manage manage the process.

In this episode we talked about

• Emma's journey with seeking IVF on the NHS and the difficult and often impossible BMI targets bestowed on patients by the NHS
• The financial implications of IVF in the UK and abroad
• The emotional effect of fertility treatment
• Whether to tell your line manager
• What companies can do to support couples or single people going through treatment

Plus so much more. You do not want to miss this episode.

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