IVF - Taking time off work

[smithknp]

Hi, I am due to start IVF treatment next month. So far I have the following dates which would require me to go to the hospital -
20/06/2017 - Baseline scan and blood test
24/06/2017 - Day 4 blood test
26/06/17 - scan & blood test
28/06/17 - scan & blood test
30/06/17 - scan & blood test
week commencing 03/07/17 - EC

I have decided that I am not going to be telling work about IVF but I don't know what to do about having time off work. I can't book the whole time off because I do not have enough annual leave to take and it would look strange booking all these specific dates off (which may change anyway if my period is early/late)
I have spoken to the hospital and the only time they have for the scans are from 9-am until lunchtime and the hospital is an hour away from my work.
I was just wondering what everybody else did or if anybody has any advice?
Thanks

Thank you WizzyWig.

I did have some annual leave to take from work as I had actually booked a week off the end of June as I had booked to go to France (which I won't be going to due to IVF falling at the same time)
I moved my treatment forward a week. Had my baseline scan on Tuesday which was first thing in the morning so I just said I had a dentist apt and was an hour late for work. Then had a blood test yesterday but managed to be the first there and got to work just in time.
I have told my work that my sister is required to work some extra shifts over the summer to cover people's holidays and I told her that as I was due to have some time off anyway, I would watch her kids on the extra days she had to work.
So I have booked next Monday, Wednesday and Friday off (which is for my scans & blood tests) and I told my boss I will also be needing a couple of days the following week but I am unsure which ones until she has seen her rota. This way I still only had to book 5 days off which I had already booked anyway for France and I have the whole day off for scans, EC & ET (or I may be lucky and ET will fall on a weekend so I will only need 4 days)
It has taken the stress off worrying about telling work off my completely and I am so happy with my decision not to tell them personally. Now I am relaxed about it all and have had no problems so far 😊

Op could you develop a bad back and need intense physio? I had ivf and lied to everyone about it. Good luck to you.

Good luck with your treament and with the promotion OP.

Thank you very much 😊 ET scheduled for next week, it's going so fast. Though not looking forward to the 2WW as I'm impatient 🤔