Any tips on managing work/mental health with all fertility appointments + emotions? Need to continue to work for fertility benefits however finding it hard to cope with all the emotions of this journey plus a very stressful job? For context, I have a 10+ person team.

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I have the same issue, I’m struggling to manage the rollercoaster of emotions balanced with the timing of appointments.

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Wishing you luck.

I would see a reproductive fertility psychiatrist that can help process the emotions and help think of coping mechanisms for your scenario

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Awesome, thank you for the link!

Manage your teams expectations. You don’t need to tell them what the reason is, other than you have regular doctors appointments coming up. It’s what I did on my end. When the doc office called during a meeting, I’d let the team know “I’m so sorry but this is my doctor calling, I need to answer”. When your procedures are scheduled, let them know you have a procedure and need to take a day or two off. People don’t need to know details.
Also the fertility psych idea is 100% a great one!
I’m on SSRIs from before we tried to conceive, and I think that definitely helped me.
Also if you have any friends who have been through this and can be your support system, that truly helped me.

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Thanks EY 1 and AP1. These responses make me feel less alone in the struggle. I'm going on year 3 as well and there aren't many other options. Happy to hear I'm not the only one that feels this way.

Are you comfortable being open about your situation with your team? I find that can help sometimes, especially with so many appointments (one of my team members thought I had cancer) and needing to check out mentally at times after set backs.

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What makes your job very stressful? Depending on that there are things I can recommend that helped me.

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