Has anyone changed jobs primarily to regain fertility/IVF benefits?

I’ve maxed out my employer’s fertility coverage, and my company only offers one insurance carrier (just different deductible options), so there’s no way to reset benefits internally. My husband’s employer doesn’t offer fertility benefits either.

I actually like my job and wasn’t planning to leave. Am I overlooking any other options before making a career move? Would love to hear what others have done.

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That sucks. I took a job for the benefits & now I have a toddler. But got laid off from the job. 🤷‍♀️ If you’re in NYC I heard that CNY is cheaper. I guess you just have the look at the policies of the new company to see if you need to be there a year before going on mat leave. I suppose it’s worth it unless you think the new job might be so unstable that it’s not worth the $25k of fertility benefits.

This isn’t the worst idea actually. You might even get a raise moving to a new job.

Have you asked your HR department if there’s anything they can do? Moving jobs for benefits is wild in my opinion. Many companies don’t offer any fertility benefits as it is. There are Facebook groups about paying for IVF that you can join. My company didn’t offer any financial benefit but my job load was light and I could leave when I wanted for appointments. I truly think I was able to get pregnant via IVF because I wasn’t stressed and wasn’t behind on work when I had to go to appointments (I had 1 retrieval and 4 transfers).

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