I’m 38 and decided on having a baby. It’s been 3 months and no luck so far. I know you are supposed to try longer but M-Th travel doesn’t help. How did you lovely ladies overcome these challenges?

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I’ve heard of people (men and women) who ask for a remote day or do an overnight flight home and back. Can be either very direct with your leadership if you have a good rapport or more vague “health reasons”. It’s once a month max for a limited time with good predictability, which is about the smallest and most reasonable request you can make that is still a request.

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I had babies into my 40s but was lucky - I have PCOS, so metformin helped me conceive and keep some pregnancies (not all). You may want to visit a reproductive endo for basic fertility tests/to establish care.

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I might add that regular Met was better for me than extended release, as it is with most lean PCOS women.

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I have a female friend who had her husband work remotely from her on-site location with her every once in a while. Honestly it was pretty cute. Maybe that's an option?

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Do you track it? Are u trying during the right time of the month?

Agree with this. I know wives that fly to their husbands.

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Similar, I am 34 and also trying with no luck, my period became irregular all of the sudden (i think bc of stress and travel) and I don’t even know the right time of the month anymore 😩

I think when you first get off birth control, it becomes irregular. Instead of a 28 day cycle, it could be between 30-35. Mine is now getting back to normal

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I got lucky and now have leadership that seems to care about my career growth, but I'm 1. a little overwhelmed taking over a new role from someone who went on parental leave earlier than expected and 2. not used to thinking outside my day to day job, happy to keep my head down and just produce good work.

most of what I bring up in these meetings are logistical or prioritization concerns but I feel like my manager is expecting a lot more from me.

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