Ivf should i quit my job

Financially, my job is nice to have, but we would live comfortably without it. I just accepted a promotion in October, so I do feel like I owe it to them to stick it out. We are planning for me to stay home once baby arrives no matter what.

I'm becoming really unhappy dealing with the people I work with and juggling Drs appts, meetings, and trying to take care of myself so I don't have a nervous breakdown. I'm really concerned that if I do leave my job now, I'll become stir crazy, or worse, my depression will prevent me from wanting to get out of bed at all without a job to go to everyday.

There's a lot of organization, small home renovations, ect that would keep me busy for awhile, but who knows how long it will be before we actually become parents. I'm also concerned about how it will look to future employers because I do want to go back to work once our kids are in school.

So, have any of you quit your jobs while ttc? Yes, I did. It didn't get me pregnant by the way relaxing and all that jazz. However, it helped immensely with appointments and phone calls to and from doctors since my job was incredibly inflexible.

I went two years like that before our ivf and BFP. I plan on staying home for at least a few years and then we may end up trying for number two, so I do worry about being out of work for so long.

Make sure you are prepared for the change to insurance if you currently are under your employers plan. Your husband's plan may be better or worse infertility wise, and it will definitely cost you more since employers don't subsidize as much for dependents as they do their own employees. I found it to be a great time. It was very helpful I think to do that transition before the stress of adding children.

We learned to live within our new means and how to divide up work, and that was helpful. If I were you, I would experiment with budgeting as if you were already in his income and saving your own for a few months before quitting. It will help you figure out if you can handle the financial change, and it will also help you build a safety net for more expensive fertility treatments.

That is my one regret, if I had done this, we could have paid for several rounds of ivf by the time we actually got there, or we could have done it sooner. If you feel better you diffinately made the right choice, nice having that lift off your shoulders!! Just remember its all about you and your little bean and putting your health first and doing what you feel right, dont worry about anyone else especially those who havent been through our rollercoaster IVF journey, some just that dont understand and once you get pregnant people forget how u got their they just see you as any other pregnant lady.

Am so pleased for you! That sense of relief shows it's the right decision! Karen :o xxx. Lou-Just realised you are quite near me you are bucks, I am Herts it won't let me send you a friend invite request, could you add me? Join now to personalise. Hi everyone I am in a bit of a dilema at the moment. Original poster's comments 2.

Hey Lou I havent had any experience of leaving my job while pregnant but i did leave my job before i started my IVF treatment, as the job i was doing caused me to be signed off with stress and exhaustion, and it was the best decision ever!

Hope this helps Rach. In other words, taking this stressful job could be quite relaxing for the part of you that wants to get pregnant. It would take the attention away from the problem. One way or another, I imagine that if you want a baby enough you'll have one in the end, whether it's by fertility treatment or even adoption, so none of this matters all that much. Or, at least, that's what you must try to believe.

But the best of all worlds, and there's no point in thinking it's beyond your grasp, would be to have a job and get pregnant. Everyone happy, inner lunatic included. I would advise Miriam to go ahead and start her new job as scheduled because she clearly knows that she would enjoy the job and be good at it. This means that she will be busy, her mind will be at rest and she will have less time to worry about conceiving.

Having both her body and mind at a normal state will increase the chance of conceiving successfully. There is no good scientific evidence to suggest that stress at work will be a negative factor for the conception. All her previous attempts were associated with stopping work and relaxing and each time it failed. Miriam, what on earth do you want? Either you go for a child or at least, a chance to have one , or you go for your lovely stressful job.

Make up your mind, for Pete's sake. Just imagine that you do get your job, and a month later you're pregnant. Then what? If you're so desperate to have both, by all means go for the job, and after a while, when you can spare some time, adopt a child.

I work shifts so was able to change my hours for more stable times to allow for the injections. I was also on restricted duties after the embryo transfer. I got 40 hours of treatment leave per cycle. I did have to miss a couple of events because of very swollen ovaries and I also had to lie to my colleagues about why I was off. Who knew it could be so hard? After 3 years trying to conceive and 2 failed rounds of IVF they both feel nervous but optimistic about their upcoming frozen embryo transfer.

Lauren has been writing about their journey on her blog - The Dinky Blog - in the hopes that it will help others muddling through similar challenges to find some normality and perhaps even humour during a tricky and uncertain time. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be particularly important when trying to conceive, either naturally or with IVF, so making sure you are at a healthy weight is key.

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