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Grants & Financing
Grants, loans, insurance, and employer benefits.
21 articles
What to Ask HR Before Your Fertility Benefit Renews
Your employer is deciding right now what your fertility coverage looks like next year. Here's how to be in that conversation.
Open Enrollment Is Coming. Here's What to Ask About Fertility Coverage.
Most fertility benefits get auto-renewed without real review. Here's how to push your employer for coverage that actually fits your life.
Allie and Jen: The Family They've Never Stopped Fighting For
After three years, three IUIs, three egg retrievals, and a loss they are still carrying, Allie and Jen are still holding onto one dream: becoming moms.
Before You Click 'Renew' on Your Health Plan, Read This
Open enrollment is your one shot to shape what your next cycle costs. Here's how to actually evaluate fertility benefits before you sign.
The Quiet Months When Your Fertility Coverage Gets Decided
Your company's benefits get locked in months before open enrollment. Here's how to make your case while the decision is still open.
How to Afford IVF: The Full Financial Playbook
The average IVF cycle costs more than most people have saved, and nobody hands you the full list of ways to pay for it. Here is every lever, in the order to pull them, with honest math on what financing actually costs you.
How to Fundraise for IVF When Asking Feels Impossible
Most crowdfunding advice is written for strangers who are never coming. Here is what actually raises money for fertility treatment, and how to ask without losing yourself in the process.
Your Fertility Benefits Probably Don't Cover What You Think
Open enrollment is the one window where your fertility coverage can change. Here's how to read it, question it, and push for more.
Lacey and Jake Felder Are Ready to Become Parents
A heart transplant at 18 months. A kidney from her brother. A career spent advocating for organ donation. Now Lacey and Jake Felder are hoping to become parents through surrogacy.
Rob and Liz: Bridging Oceans for a Baby
Rob and Liz have been dreaming of a child since 2019. Through diagnosis, recovery, and heartbreak, they are pursuing fertility care in Portugal, and asking their village to walk with them.
What to Ask HR About Fertility Benefits This Year
Open enrollment isn't just paperwork. It's your shot to push for fertility coverage that actually works. Here's how.
What to Actually Look for in Your Fertility Benefits This Open Enrollment
Before you accept your company's fertility coverage as-is, here's how to find the gaps that matter most.
Wes and Michayla's Fight to Become Parents
After two years of trying and a diagnosis that changed everything, Wes and Michayla are holding onto hope, and each other, as they pursue the treatments that could make them parents.
Amber and Luis: Two Therapists Ready to Become Parents
Two therapists who have spent their careers caring for children are now hoping, through IVF, to welcome one of their own. Meet Amber and Luis.
Your Employer's Fertility Benefit: How to Read It, How to Push It
Fertility benefits at work are finally mainstream. Here's how to tell if yours is real, and what to ask for if it isn't.
Journey to Baby Kerns: Kevin and Rachel's Path to Parenthood
Kevin and Rachel Kerns have dreamed of parenthood since they were young. After IUI cycles and a heartbreaking IVF retrieval, they are preparing to try again.
Infertility Is Relentless. So Is Hope.
Building a family shouldn't mean carrying it alone. Here's a free way to share your story and let your people show up for you.
What Cape Verde at the World Cup Taught Me About Building Families
Cape Verde, a nation of 500,000, just advanced in their first World Cup. As a Cape Verdean woman, here's why that hit me in my soul.
Our Q2 Grant Cycle Closes June 30. Apply.
Up to $20,000 in fertility grants this cycle. Open to IVF, IUI, surrogacy, and adoption journeys. Deadline: June 30, 2026.
What a $20,000 Grant Actually Changes
Behind every IVF cycle is a couple doing math at midnight. Here's what financial help really gives a family in the middle of it.
Employer Fertility Benefits in 2026: How to Evaluate, Negotiate, and Maximize What Your Workplace Offers
Employer fertility benefits have expanded—but they're inconsistent. Here's how to evaluate, negotiate, and stretch what your workplace offers in 2026.