IVF while teaching
You were in the clinic chair at 7:04. First bell is at 7:45.
I help teachers and school-based professionals navigating infertility go from overwhelmed and on hold to back in their own life, going to dinner with friends, moving their body again, making plans without checking their cycle first.
Twenty-two minutes to school. You cannot be a few minutes late. The clinic calls while you are teaching, and the sick days you saved for years are going to monitoring, retrievals, and recovery.
Infertility may be part of your story, but it doesn't have to run the room.
Is this you?
You've banked sick days for years, and you're watching them disappear. You thought those days were for maternity leave.
Bloodwork. Ultrasound. Twenty-two minutes to school. First bell is at 7:45. You are doing the math again.
The clinic calls during class. You let it ring. You call back at lunch and hope you did not miss what they needed.
Your sub plans are better than your lesson. You wrote them at 11 p.m. The retrieval date only came yesterday. In the car you practiced, "Oh, just a dentist thing," because you know which staff room table to avoid.
You smile through the hallway pregnancy announcement, then cry in your car. There is a baby shower in the library at 3:15. You signed the card. You bought the gift. You do not know if you can walk in.
Day 6 of the two-week wait. You are on recess duty. A second grader asks, "Do you have kids?"
You tried to fit the retrieval into the first week of summer. Your body did not follow the school calendar. You planned one day off. You needed three. And you still feel guilty about your students.
I see you.
You still showed up for your kids and your team.
You love them, and the guilt on the days you are out is real. We work with that weight while you are still in it.
Imagine if...
Imagine a Friday plan you make without checking your cycle first.
Imagine the staff room without rehearsing a cover story in the car. A baby shower you can skip kindly. Recess duty where "Do you have kids?" does not follow you for the rest of the day.
Imagine summer as a break, with room for your body to run on its own time. And a sentence you already trust on a monitoring morning.
You can want a baby and still want your life back while you wait.
How we work together
Notice.
Before the kids walk in, you name what you are carrying. The missed clinic call. The sick day count. The guilt about your students.
Steady.
Between bells, one small reset. A breath in the car. The sentence you already chose for the staff room. Enough to pick up your class, or to walk past the shower in the library.
Respond.
Then you choose the step that fits this week. Sub plans ready before the retrieval date moves. Two or three days for recovery, because one day often does not cover it. The note to your principal. Friday dinner.
Your clinic handles the medicine. This coaching is for the school year beside treatment: your energy, your coverage, and how you keep showing up for your students on the mornings you also show up at the clinic.
You leave with something you can use the next school day. A sentence. A sub plan. A way through recess duty.
From this... to this...
From infertility running the room while you teach a full day
to support from someone who has worked a school schedule, and room again for dinner, movement, and plans you make without checking your cycle first.
Investment
1:1 health coaching
Free 30-minute discovery call. We can meet after the bell.
1:1 health coaching sessions at $150.
A 3-month container is here if you want the work to have time to stick.
No pressure. A conversation about your school day, even if you are mid-cycle.
Book my free callPrefer to start smaller? Get the free What Do I Tell My Principal? guide below.
"Ali's coaching found me at a very vulnerable time, as I waited to start IVF. She was dependable, professional, and compassionate from the very first session. She knew exactly what I was going through, so I didn't have to explain it all. She even texted me on important days, like beta day, and I got to send her pictures of our son, born this summer."A., Former Client
"Through IVF, pregnancy, and postpartum, Ali is who you want by your side, cheering you on."A., Former Client
"Ali and I worked together for a few months to help me with nutrition while life was happening with the additional stress of IVF. She even lovingly listened to me while I unexpectedly cried in one of our sessions. She cares about the whole person since we did some mindfulness activities together. Ali has provided me with some tips and tricks that I still incorporate today, now that IVF was successful and that I have a little one. Thanks Ali!"K., Former Client
Hi, I'm Ali.
I'm Ali Lacroix. BCBA, LBA (CT), NBC-HWC health coach, certified teacher, and a school-based behavior analyst for K-6 in Connecticut. I have lived infertility, and I have worked in schools as a teacher and as a behavior analyst.
I know you cannot slide in at 9:15. I know how loud a staff room gets by lunch. I know you can love your students and still feel guilty when treatment takes you out of the room.
Free resource
What Do I Tell My Principal?
You should not have to find the words on the hardest mornings. Teachers cannot slide in at 9:15. Your absences are visible, and the staff room can turn one appointment into a story by lunch.
This free guide is a core script plus 4 variations: monitoring mornings, procedure day, FMLA/PWFA, and a follow-up email to HR.
- Monitoring mornings, when you may be 30 minutes late
- Procedure day, when the date can move and recovery may take more than one day
- FMLA/PWFA, when the sick days you banked are running out
- A follow-up email to HR, ready to send
- Fillable pages, so you can write your own version on the screen
A Teacher IVF Survival Kit is coming soon, with an emergency sub plan, a sick day tracker, and pocket cards for recess duty and the staff room.
Email ali@alignandbloomco.com and I'll send it to you.
FAQs
Common questions
Is this therapy or medical advice?
No. Your doctor handles treatment. This is coaching for the school days around it: the 7am appointments, the two-week wait with your class, and what you say at work.
Who is this for?
Teachers and school-based professionals going through infertility or IVF. If you are doing IVF while teaching, or trying to handle IVF and work, this is for you.
What does a discovery call look like?
30 minutes. We can meet after school. We talk about your day and where you are in treatment, and we see if it feels like a fit.
How do we start?
Book the free call, or begin with the free What Do I Tell My Principal? guide. It has the core script and 4 variations, including monitoring mornings and the follow-up email to HR.
Can coaching help if I'm mid-cycle during the school year?
Yes. Treatment often lands in September, or slips out of summer and into the first weeks of school. We work with the week you actually have: monitoring before the bell, a retrieval date that moves, a two-week wait on a regular teaching week.
Do you understand school schedules?
Yes. Ali has worked in schools as a teacher and as a behavior analyst. She knows duty, coverage, sub plans, and a bell that does not move.