Fertility in Focus The staggering cost of fertility treatments table with 1 rows and 1 columns row 1 column 1 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic To get missing image descriptions, open the context menu. SEPTEMBER 2019 out of table The staggering cost of fertility treatments About 13 in 100 American couples have trouble getting pregnant. Infe rtility treatments like IVF cost more than $10,000 per cycle and freezing your eggs on average can cost between $30,000 and $40,000, reports link CBS This Morning dot link Refinery 29 chronicles one woman's difficult journey navigating the cost of fertility care. Company spotlight Do you know how to talk to employees about topics like egg freezing, IVF, adoption, and gestational carrier services? Carrot created link a guide to modern fertility language to help HR leaders navigate fertility topics in the workplace. link The Bay Area is an incubator for the future of fertility link click upn equals ei 6R 0f M 2Bt Fk Gmg 2Fv… Requests for surrogacy now account for 20 percent of all enquiries Carrot receives, Carrot CEO Tammy Sun told The Economist. Fertility matters Fertility specialists encourage women who want to freeze their eggs to do so in their late 20s and early 30s, when they still have a healthy supply. MIT Technology Review recounts the fertility journey of one woman in her early 40s in link Don't count on having kids if you freeze your eggs dot SELF reports on what happens to women's fertility as they age in this story link So, Let's Talk About link That Whole Fertility and Age 35 Thing dot Women make up the majority of the college educated workforce in 2019, link Forbes reports. Employers, eager to attract and retain this new majority, are starting to del iver benefits like flexible work schedules and egg freezing. Benefits corner College educated women's increased representation in the workplace is changing employers' approach to benefits reports link Fortune dot Companies aiming to attract and retain such skilled talent are offering benefits like egg freezing and improved paid parental leave. Millennials comprise the largest portion of the US labor force. Fertility benefits may be the key to winning their loyalty at work. link Recruiter details why fertility benefits are becoming a competitive advantage on the talent market dot About 71 percent of the women who went through IVF last year had no fertility treatment coverage. Women are traveling far and wide for affordable IVF, this link CNBC story outlines why it's so expensive. Healthcare costs are expected to top $15,000 per employee in 2020, according to new research from the National Business Group on Health. The study also finds US healthcare benefits costs are projected to climb another 5 percent next year. In response, employers are setting a number of strategies to curb rising costs including offering more virtual care to employees and better managing high cost claims reports link Human Resource Executive dot Global fertility trends Single women and men struggle to adopt a child in India. The law no longer discriminates against them but the agencies involved sometimes do according to this piece in link The Economic Times dot A married gay couple has turned to crowdfunding to raise the $25,000 for IVF because they say same sex couples in their country cannot access p ublicly funded fertility treatment reports link Yahoo! link News dot link Germany debates legalizing egg donations and surrogacy. German doctors and medical experts are calling for new reproductive health law, calling the current one outdated . Keep it coming This fertility news roundup has been curated by Carrot for company leaders like you. If you were forwarded this email, join the list by emailing email protected with your name and company. Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic new medium logo white 47 Lusk San Francisco, CA 94107 USA C 2A 9 2019 Carrot. All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can link update your preferences or link unsubscribe from this list.