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As someone who struggled with fertility while in big law and ended up having the children I wanted, I cannot emphasize enough how much you've got to push the thoughts aside.
I have so many thoughts and opinions, but the short version is this is your life and you can't let your employer dictate what you do with your family. If you give them that power now, they'll think they are entitled to the same once your children are in the picture.
I get it that it's way easier said than done, but if this is what you truly want please power through what you are able but don't saddle yourself with guilt.
Wishing you luck in these very stressful times!
I did three retrievals and two transfers while in BL. First retrieval was fine and didn’t impact my work. Later rounds were rough with a lot more side effects and I wish I had asked about intermittent STD leave.
Being at a good clinic with competent front office staff and nurses makes all the difference (we changed after my second retrieval/first transfer and the experience was night and day).
Try to schedule out all appointments for as early in the morning as possible to minimize disruptions to your schedule.
My husband took full responsibility for mixing all shots and making sure I got them all at the right times. Taking that mental load off helped a lot.
Best wishes!! It was hard but manageable and worth it in the end! I told my boss after a later round and he was really supportive and I wish I had shared with my team sooner.
From other posts, I’ve heard of a few that did intermittent leave but probably not like an extended leave throughout the entire cycle.
Wishing you the best of luck! I’ve done 3 retrievals, 3 transfers, had 1 miscarriage, 5 hysterocopys under anesthesia, 1 baby, and and pregnant with my second. I am now a big law NEP. I always took the earliest appointments that I could get. I took my computer with me to every appointment and responded to emails in the waiting room. On retrieval/transfer/hysteroscopy days I told my teams that I was having a procedure under anesthesia. I told the partner that I was closest to (and that I worked with most closely) that I was doing IVF and she was very understanding. I fit in work when I could (early morning before procedures and later in the day/at night after the anesthesia and grogginess wore off). Honestly it’s good practice for managing big law with a child because pregnancy symptoms and then drop off/pick up/sicknesses/holidays/dr appointments with a child have been way harder to manage than fertility treatments….
Didn’t do ivf, but did two rounds of egg freezing. It was hard, tbh. Definitely wfh as much as possible during those periods.
I did all of the appointments in the early morning before work, but you don’t have control over when you’re ready for a trigger shot/have the retrieval, so that can make things challenging with scheduling.
Good luck! It’s been really challenging — the side effects hit me way harder than I expected and my hours took a significant hit.