By all accounts, Sarah* lives a full life. She enjoys traveling and seeing plays. She’s climbed mountains. But recently she started to feel like something was missing.

“I don’t think I’m totally living a full life right now – at least not for me,” the Medtronic employee of 11 years said. “I want children to share my passions and experiences with.”

Last fall, Medtronic enhanced its fertility benefit throughKindbody, as part of the U.S. Medtronic medical plans. Kindbody, whose mission is to make fertility and family-building care more affordable and accessible for all, has 28 clinics across the country – including Minneapolis – and has plans to grow to 37 by the end of the year.

Now Sarah can receive three fertility cycles, including medication, in addition to nutrition and mental health support and 24/7 virtual care. She even has a dedicated Care Navigation Team to guide her through her journey.

一切始于以任何方式支持员工或成长家庭的愿望。这不仅带来了增强的生育益处，而且带来了增加的收养，代孕和捐助者的福利和额外的育儿假福利。

The program covers a number of benefits for those seeking fertility care, including testing and treatment or third-party reproduction. Also included are gynecology, LGBTQ+ care, and financial assistance for adoption, donor, and surrogacy.

“我希望看到每位想要的员工，以便能够养育自己的家人，”全球福利和工资单副总裁Denise King说。“我们需要考虑the Mission以及我们如何以类似于患者的方式来支持我们的员工。”

Looking for a sign

After ending a long-term relationship with a partner who didn’t want children, Sarah found herself single and decided she didn’t want to wait to start a family.

“我妈妈在20多岁时去世。我一直感到与她紧密联系，并要求她给我一个迹象。”她说。

在访问了OB/Gyn之后，她进入办公室，看到了有关电子标志上的Kindbody的消息。

It couldn’t have been more clear, and it eased her worries about how she could afford fertility care.

Since beginning her journey with Kindbody, she has found more support than she imagined.

“There is surrogacy, adoption, LGBTQ+ support. It's just so incredible and forward thinking to help in this way,” she said. “I’ve never had this kind of support at previous companies.”

Life-transforming care

Sarah’s story is a familiar one to one Dr. Fahimeh Sasan, Kindbody’s Chief Innovation Officer.

And it’s one reason she joined Kindbody in 2018 as its founding physician.

Kindbody is on a mission to transform fertility and family-building care, making it more accessible, intuitive, and empowering.

Often, someone seeking to build a family needs to wait for a problem to arise before doing testing.

萨桑说：“这就像在引导他们进行生活方式修改或放映之前，要等待某人心脏病发作。”“这显然不是糖尿病和心脏病的方法。我们一直在谈论预防。”

The Kindbody benefit is meant to be a preventative, proactive, and kinder approach to family-building. They provide a tailored, positive experience because they recognize that the support needed to build a family varies, King said.

“The beauty of Kindbody is that they're there from the beginning throughout the entire journey,” she said. “And that's important.”

善良的好处只是Medtronic在员工成长和照顾家人时支持他们的一种方式。该公司最近宣布了对美国育儿假福利的增强功能，其中包括多达24周的带薪出生假期和最多12周的非生命父母。

“The demands on today’s employees to manage work and family are more intense than ever before, especially for parents,” said King. “Employees are asking for more flexibility and Medtronic is responding as an employer of choice. It’s the right thing to do for our employees—and the business.”

*名称更改为尊重员工隐私。

Learn more about the Medtronic Mission.