Joanna Santinon - How to Navigate a Demanding Career & IVF

Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 6 a.m.

\u201cUntil you\u2019re trying you just don\u2019t look into fertility and you don\u2019t understand where the fertility cliffs are and where the drop-offs start to happen.\u201d

Our guest today is Joanna Santinon, EY Ambassador, Non-Executive Director and Charity Trustee.

Joanna bravely shares her personal fertility journey, including how she combined multiple rounds of IVF treatment alongside her demanding career as a partner at Ernst & Young.\xa0

We discuss:

  • What to know before you embark on IVF
  • Why compartmentalising really helped Joanna
  • The best piece of advice Joanna received\xa0
  • Why having IVF didn\u2019t affect her career\xa0
  • What Joanna wishes she'd known in hindsight\xa0

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

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