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Wellbeing at Work: Making Fertility Part of the Wellbeing Agenda

29th September 2022 · In: Blog, Fertility in the Workplace

Infertility affects 3.5 million men and women across the UK. This figure equates to approximately 1 in 7 of all couples.

Suffering in silence

The majority of men and women affected by infertility are likely to be in employment. However, despite the large numbers of people struggling, there is a major part of daily life where fertility wellbeing still goes under the radar. Work.  

Research shows us that there is a reluctance for employees to disclose they are struggling with infertility. This resulted in employees suffering in silence.

Tragically, of those who did confide in a line manager, only 42% received support from their employer. This challenged their ability to function productively at work and 19% of people reported reducing their working hours or leaving their jobs completely due to the pressures of managing fertility in the workplace. This presents an operational challenge to employers along with a significant financial impact.

A change on the horizon, but still a way to go

In 2021, some organisations started offering paid fertility treatment and pregnancy loss leave. That being said, policies are meaningless without an organisational culture that is supportive and understanding of the unique fertility challenges faced by their employees.

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Bringing fertility into the workplace wellbeing agenda

At Your Fertility Journey, we want to bring a positive change to the workplace. By helping companies bring fertility into the wellbeing agenda, we make sure that your organisation is best equipped to support the fertility wellbeing of staff, attract, and retain talent and avoid discrimination.

How do we do this?

Your Fertility Journey provides a number of services specifically designed for fertility in the workplace.

We can:

  • Provide employees with educational fertility webinars
  • Host line manager and leader workshops, so that leaders can understand the challenges faced by employees and deal positively with these challenges. This helps to foster a supportive organisational culture that will benefit staff retention, performance and productivity.
  • Provide 1:1 coaching for employees going through IVF, supporting employees to manage their work and health commitments whilst navigating IVF and beyond
  • Organise in-house fertility MOTs
  • Work with you to create employee fertility toolkits and robust fertility policies

The outcomes

Employees that feel their fertility needs are supported within the workplace are more productive and happier, and more likely to stay in employment. Multiple research studies demonstrate that positive employee experiences improve business outcomes.

The next step for your organisation

To put fertility firmly on the wellbeing agenda and develop the best support programme for your company, visit the Your Fertility Journey corporate consultancy page for more details.

By: Kate · In: Blog, Fertility in the Workplace · Tagged: blog, corporate wellbeing, Fertility, wellbeing, workplace wellbeing

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I had 5 sessions of coaching with Kate Davies prior to, during and in the 2 week wait following my 3rd round of IVF.I’d had a tough time over my 2nd cycle and was losing the hope following a loss earlier in the year and a bunch of very negative test results. I really needed something to help me to get back on track. Sessions with Kate were the perfect tonic. Over Christmas I took a break from treatment and gained techniques from Kate to help build up resilience and self care basket ready for starting a 3rd cycle in February.I started treatment in early February and it went very smoothly. We had a fresh day 5 embryo transfer on 19th February. This was also the due date for the baby we lost last year and the feelings surrounding this date were big and mixed but Kate helped me through it.We had several sessions during the 2 week wait and learnt techniques to try and keep as rational and calm as possible and this was so so so beneficial. On our final session I was able to share the lovely news that it had been successful and we talked about the emotions that came with pregnancy after loss.Being a nurse myself I really appreciated her clinical advice on top of her support and practical techniques she gave to help me through this cycle. The support from my clinic was amazing but they were busy. To be able to sit with a knowledgeable, kind and compassionate healthcare professional for an hour at a time during treatment really helped to keep my stress levels low and to be in the best shape for getting through one of the most challenging few weeks I have ever been through with hope and sanity still intact. My favourite bit of advice was to make a plan for test day to have the time with my husband to talk and reflect on the outcome. We went out for a meal together and just talked and took in the news.I’m now 2nd trimester pregnant with a healthy little baby boy on the way and I still have to pinch myself at times to believe that it worked. It was a dark period of hopelessness following my 2nd cycle and honestly feel that with each session everything got lighter and lighter. I knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to and have a baby and having the extra support certainly helped me to throw everything at it too.
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I’ve been working with Kate for a good six months now. First she’s helped me understand my options and some of the tests i need to work through - as I have secondary infertility I’m not going to get much help off the nhs so having Kate there for solid guidance has been great. More recently Kate has helped me with some fertility coaching following a miscarriage which has really helped me to put coping mechanisms in place and feel more hopeful! Thanks Kate!Katie delay (not warren)
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