Episode 36: #InfertilityUncovered: When Limited Fertility Benefits Fall Short

National Infertility Awareness Week falls on April 21 – April 27 and this year’s theme from RESOLVE is #InfertilityUncovered. In honor of this week, we’re doing a four-part series on what it’s like to truly uncover the world of infertility.  

If a fertility benefit is offered, but there are no providers who accept it, is it really a benefit at all? In the second episode of our four-part series, we hear from Wajmah Yaqubi, an Emmy-nominated Photo Director who found herself asking that very question when she researched her employer’s fertility benefit.  

Although Wajmah’s employer provided fertility benefits, they were extremely limited and restrictive in what was covered. For starters, there was only one in-network doctor in all of Manhattan who accepted her company’s insurance. On top of this, insurance policies required that individuals go through six rounds of IUI before even being able to receive coverage.  

Wajmah is still trying to conceive, and she’s doing it with very little financial support. In this episode, she shares how she’s been navigating infertility with little to no coverage, how she has learned to be her own advocate throughout the process, and how her partner supports her along the way.  

Guest: Wajmah Yaqubi 

Host: Brandi Guthrie, Provider Account Manager at Progyny 

For more information, visit Progyny’s Podcast page. 

To ask your HR/benefits team for a fertility benefit, visit Talk to HR to start the conversation. 

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Have a question, comment, or want to share your story? Email us at thisisinfertility@progyny.com.