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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted about this years ago and the general advice I got was to go for it.  ANd I think it was great advice.  as long as the job does not involve travel, you'll be fine.  you only [b]really need one day off per cycle.[/b]  Morning monitoring is very early so you should be at work on time.  Also, if your first cycle does not work, I think it;s easier to take if you have something else in your life that is going well (ie an awesome new job).  and if you do get pregnant, it will then be at least another year before you could easily change jobs - so do it now!![/quote]

This really varies from woman to woman and was not my experience.  I ended having to take three full days off during the cycle.  Plus monitoring, while early in the morning at SFGC, would sometimes affect my ability to get to the office for the very early meetings (SFGC starts monitoring at 7 AM, but sometimes I wasn't actually seen until 7:30, 7:45, so that plus the commute to the office meant I wasn't getting in until 9, 9:30 some days).  I had to take two days off for retrieval because I had a bad reaction to the anesthetic and then a day off for the transfer.  Plus, as PP noted, you don't get much notice, if any, for the timing of your retrieval and transfer.  Is a new job going to be totally cool with you suddenly taking a day off, even if it's for a sick day (are you going to have any leave that early anyway?).

I know many women on this board are the tough it out, Type As, who work incredibly hard, long days - and that's great.  But mixing that with the stress of IVF (and it IS stressful; trying to have a baby through ART is inherently stressful) then why do that to yourself?  Could you do it? Sure.  But why if you have a choice?  And it sounds like the OP has a choice.

Also, I've heard the argument that millions of women get pregnant all over the world in stressful situations (war, poverty, abuse, famine, etc), and that's absolutely true.  But if you are going through IVF it's because you are not like other women; you can't get pregnant "naturally".  So I do think it's smart to take extra precautions and to go the extra mile to treat yourself gently and buffer as much stress as you can from your life.  Obviously, you cannot prevent all stress, but why add to it intentionally? [/quote]

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