Anyone have advice on travel when trying have another kid. Told my team I can’t travel for one week out of the month since as my wife stated “it’s a key week to get pregnant”

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Ask her to use a fertility monitor so you only have to be home the 2-3 peak days. Any decent project team can handle you unexpectedly working from home 2 days a month.

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Have an honest conversation with the partner and explain what is happening. Explain that you are willing to work remote and help with the project if they can help you accommodate the request. You will be surprised how much they will help you

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We used the Clue app to estimate ovulation day. Then you can plan your travel more accurately. But using a more precise fertility monitor will be helpful. And.. we still use that App to monitor PMS, it works for our relationship

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West Monroe 1 has the right answer

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And so far it’s okay but as the project gets busier I see issues arising

Try to get local staffing. You can’t make that work reliably as client obligations will come first for your team’s perspective. It takes two to make babies.

I had all of my kids earlier in my career (left consulting to do so and came back when my youngest turned 8).

I couldn't imagine trying to manage my client needs and wife's ovulation cycles concurrently, it certainly doesn't get easier post pregnancy either.

Make sure you let them know now that you need to take some time off in five years to teach your kid how to ride a bike too.

Put some spare juice in the fridge for the times you can't make it home in time

"it's a key week to get pregnant" c'mon you can just say she's ovulating it's not a swear word or something!
Definetly push for the precise fertility monitor, also depends how fast you want to make it happen, next month could fall on a weekend...

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