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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the sad truth...if you can't handle work and fertility appointments you can't handle work and prenatal appointments or taking time off for the baby.

It's similar to women who can't afford the cost of IVF.  If you can't afford the cost of IVF you can't afford a baby.  Daycare is around 3k a month here.  So 36k a year.

Fwiw most of the IVF monitoring appointments are in the morning. You can probably go first appointment of the day for your consultation appointment.  Go for the bloodwork (infectious diseases) during lunch one day.  You'll need half a sick day for the hcg, one sick day for the egg retrieval and one sick day for the embryo transfer.  [/quote]

That's just not true. For one thing prenatal appointments are spaced out more and can be done at different times of day. I had no trouble getting to prenatal appointments during my lunch hour, but it takes much more effort to get to the clinic during the set early morning hours, especially if you have to do several in a row.

And as for cost, the difference is day care is monthly whereas IVF is a huge up-front cost. I can afford $3k a month because I am earning more than that each month. But I don't have more than $15k sitting in the bank that I'm willing to spend on IVF. Others may not even have that, if they haven't been saving it. So unless you are paying it on installment, it's a much bigger up-front expense.[/quote]

If you are going to compare, getting to my IVF appointments and getting to work was a thousand times easier than getting to my prenatal appointments after my successful cycle. In fact, it was easier to hide I was going through IVF than itwastohirgnancy during the first trimester. IVF actually isn't that bad and FETS are even easier.  [/quote]

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