About this session
Fertility treatment can involve consultations, tests, medication, monitoring appointments, procedures and periods of waiting or uncertainty.
IVF is one possible treatment, but workplace needs may also arise during ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination, fertility preservation, donor treatment or other clinical pathways.
Treatment can affect working life through short-notice appointments, fatigue, discomfort, medication effects, concentration difficulties and emotional strain.
The experience may also involve unsuccessful cycles, pregnancy loss, decisions about further treatment or uncertainty about what to tell colleagues and managers.
This session helps participants identify what support they need, prepare practical workplace conversations and protect their privacy throughout treatment.
It also covers treatment-related warning signs, reliable information and the importance of following advice from the participant's own fertility clinic.
What your people take away
- Understand how fertility treatment may affect schedules, energy, concentration and emotional wellbeing
- Plan more effectively around appointments, procedures and short-notice changes
- Decide what, when and whether to disclose at work
- Prepare practical requests for flexibility, privacy and temporary support
- Respond to unsuccessful treatment, pregnancy loss or changing plans with clearer boundaries
- Recognize symptoms that require prompt contact with a fertility clinic or urgent medical care
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace ImpactA focused 30-minute session on three key points from Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact: map the treatment pathway, anticipate appointments and procedures and notice physical and cognitive effects.
- Map the treatment pathway
- Anticipate appointments and procedures
- Notice physical and cognitive effects
Covers 3 of 4 points in Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact.
60 minutes
Participants map the treatment pathway, likely workplace pressures and their personal disclosure boundaries. They leave with a practical appointment and communication plan for the next stage of treatment.
- Module 1: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact.
90 minutes
Participants also explore medication effects, procedures, recovery and more difficult treatment days. They prepare realistic workplace strategies for scheduling, workload, travel, privacy and short-notice changes.
- Module 1: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact
- Module 2: Manage Treatment Around the Working Day
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact and Manage Treatment Around the Working Day.
3 hours
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact, Manage Treatment Around the Working Day and Protect Emotional Wellbeing and Respond to Changing Outcomes.
Full day
The full-day session adds emotional wellbeing, unsuccessful treatment, workplace rights, support conversations and longer-term planning. Participants leave with a complete fertility-treatment-at-work plan that can adapt as treatment and outcomes change.
- Module 1: Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact
- Module 2: Manage Treatment Around the Working Day
- Module 3: Protect Emotional Wellbeing and Respond to Changing Outcomes
- Module 4: Communicate Needs and Navigate Workplace Support
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
What’s covered
Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact
Every length- Map the treatment pathwayParticipants identify the consultations, investigations, medication, monitoring, procedures and waiting periods that may form part of their treatment.
- Anticipate appointments and proceduresParticipants explore how scans, blood tests, egg collection, embryo transfer or other procedures may affect working hours and availability.
- Notice physical and cognitive effectsParticipants consider how fatigue, bloating, headaches, discomfort, sleep disruption or medication effects may influence concentration and stamina.
- Define personal privacy boundariesParticipants decide whether to name fertility treatment, describe only the functional impact or keep the matter private.
Manage Treatment Around the Working Day
90 minutes and longer- Plan for monitoring and short-notice changesParticipants create practical options for early appointments, delayed clinic timings and treatment decisions that cannot always be scheduled far in advance.
- Prepare for procedure and recovery daysParticipants examine what they may need before and after procedures, including transport, rest, reduced travel or temporary changes to physical duties.
- Adapt workload and travelParticipants identify demanding meetings, heavy physical work, long journeys or high-pressure deadlines that may conflict with treatment.
- Create a difficult-day planParticipants build a simple plan for days involving fatigue, discomfort, anxiety or unexpected clinic news.
Protect Emotional Wellbeing and Respond to Changing Outcomes
3 hours and longer- Acknowledge the emotional loadParticipants explore how hope, uncertainty, waiting, disappointment and repeated decision-making may affect concentration and emotional capacity.
- Manage questions and workplace curiosityParticipants prepare responses to colleagues who ask about appointments, absence, pregnancy plans or treatment outcomes.
- Plan for unsuccessful treatment or lossParticipants consider possible needs following a canceled cycle, unsuccessful treatment, pregnancy loss or a decision to pause or stop.
- Identify sources of supportParticipants map support available through trusted people, clinic counseling, healthcare professionals, employee assistance, HR or occupational health.
Communicate Needs and Navigate Workplace Support
Full day only- Prepare a focused workplace conversationParticipants organize the work-related issue, the likely duration and the practical support they want to discuss.
- Explore practical support optionsParticipants consider flexibility for clinic appointments, temporary remote work, changes to shifts, reduced travel, recovery time or temporary task adjustments.
- Understand that rights vary by stage and locationParticipants learn that employment protections for fertility treatment differ between countries and may change once pregnancy is established.
- Create a flexible continuation planParticipants bring together appointments, workplace support, privacy, emotional care and clinical escalation into one plan.
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace
How long is IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace?
IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers three key points from Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact: map the treatment pathway, anticipate appointments and procedures and notice physical and cognitive effects. A 60-minute session covers Understand the Treatment Journey and Workplace Impact in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Manage Treatment Around the Working Day. A 3-hour session adds Protect Emotional Wellbeing and Respond to Changing Outcomes. A full-day session adds Communicate Needs and Navigate Workplace Support.
Can IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open IVF & Fertility Treatment: Navigating the Workplace to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.