At Concept the blood tests start from 7.30am, so if you start work, say, at 9am, you will make it 9 times out of 10 without any impact on your start time. I used to make sure I had my medicare slip imprinted and my pathology forms ready and I turned up at 7am so I was one of the first to get seen.
But you will be late for work if you need a scan to check your progress, and you have at least one of these per stim cycle. Then you have at least a day off for egg pick up (I always took two days off though coz you can be quite sore) and another day off for transfer. Transfer most times are first thing in the morning, but I have had afternoon transfers too. You also will need to see your FS prior to each stim cycle, so you'll need time off for that too. If it was an FET I only took the day of transfer off.
But when you look at the big picture, it means at least a day off per cycle, with at least 3 days off if it's a stim cycle, plus at least one day of coming in to work late. And every other cycle of mine was a stim cycle, so all in all there was no way I could do it without letting work now what I was up to. I didn't tell everyone, just management, and TBH that's about the only people who need to know at work.
Emotionally it takes a toll for sure. You are taking drugs, undergoing medical procedures and your hormones are skyrocketing. But it's do-able. I had 8 cycles all up, and I think it gets harder the more cycles you do, though.
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