Being Kind to the Version of You Who Hoped

If you’ve ever felt embarrassed for getting your hopes up during your fertility journey, this episode is for you.Lara explores the painful self-judgment that can follow a negative test, miscarriage, or failed treatment cycle—when you replay every moment of hope and tell yourself you should have known better. Maybe you imagined a due date, chose a baby name, noticed every symptom, or told someone your news early. None of that makes you foolish. It makes you hopeful.Hope is often what carries us through the uncertainty, the procedures, the waiting, and the odds that can feel overwhelmingly stacked against us. In this compassionate episode, Lara shares her own experience of celebrating an early positive pregnancy test, only to miscarry days later, and reminds you that caring deeply is not something to be ashamed of.Wherever you are in your fertility journey, this is an invitation to treat yourself with the same kindness you would offer a friend. You were never silly for believing it might work. You were simply allowing yourself to hope.For more support, check out my ⁠Monthly Fertility Snail Mail letter subscription ⁠