Welcome to something a little different on The Fertility Podcast feed... introducing The F Word at Work, which is where I ( Natalie ) have been hanging out in my role as co-founder of Fertility Matters at Work

The aim of The F Word at Work has been to create a very niche voice around the issue of fertility in the workplace, to educate HR / Managers / Mental Health First Aiders and all colleagues to be honest about what its like trying to cope with family building challenges whilst doing your job.

Our research shows that only 1.7% of companies have policies and 36% of us have considered leaving our jobs due to a lack of support and whilst we're working hard to change this at Fertility Matters at Work, we still have a lot to do.

The aim of the podcast is to be another place to talk and I've been sharing best practice of the organisations we're working with, hearing from some of the inspiring employees who have driven the conversation forward in their place of work and also talking to thought leaders within the workplace wellbeing space about how they feel the issue of infertility is represented in the workplace and what more needs to be done.

The reason I'm sharing this content on The Fertility Podcast feed is to help you have these conversations at work and I hope that within the episodes you get some ideas.. this may be around how to talk to your manager or it may be about engaging colleagues to form a support group. Whatever it is, its hopefully a nudge to do something.. even if that's just forwarding on an episode to a manager or colleague.

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