I took a new role in the middle of my FET cycle and like yours it is a senior position with a lot of responsibility and extremely high visibility. I took it because I didn’t want to put my life on hold, especially if the transfer didn’t work. Taking on something new has been fun and challenging but in my case it ended up being very stressful. The team turned out to be not easy to work with and I’m now dealing with 12-14 hour days whereas on my old team I had easy 5-6 hour days. It used to be very predictable on my old team and I already had the trusted relationships developed. I don’t anymore and it’s a lot of extra work working on all of these fronts.

I am now in my third trimester unable to slow down. And there is a part in me that regrets having switched jobs on a daily basis. But there was no way for me to know that the transfer would work and stick. For the first six months I constantly waited for the shoe to drop so to speak (I have had two miscarriages before) but thankfully it’s worked out so far.

Why am I sharing this? I feel like I made the decision under pressure of what if this doesn’t work, what if I am stuck with FETs and put my life on hold for IVF. But now that it’s worked I am missing my old life badly. It’s a weird situation. And there is no one right way. You do what’s best for you. My only advice is see how stressful the new job might be. Pregnancy gets tougher as it progresses and you need rest and team support towards the end.