because there is so much grief with any kind of fertility struggle, we are grieving this potential

future we had in mind, right? Like, you know, I know for me when I wasn't sure if we would get

pregnant because we had two and a half years of zero positive pregnancy test, right? I was like,

I don't know if I'm going to be able to become a mom or be able to come a mom in the way that I was thinking I would be.

And so there is so much grief, right? Grief around every failed cycle, grief around failed treatment.

Of course, grief for any pregnancy losses that happen along the way.

And sometimes on the outside, people don't fully see

that or understand it because it's not this like tangible thing, right? Like they're not,

they're saying like, well, I haven't seen a child of yours that you've lost, right? And so they

might not understand what that grief is. I think, right, if anyone's listening and kind of going through

any kind of fertility struggle right now, like, oh, there is so much grief in that.

Welcome to the Calm Mom podcast, the show for ambitious women ready to get off the Hot

Mess Express. I know you've got a lot going on.

You work so hard.

You're raising an incredible family.

And sometimes it can be overwhelming.

I'm your host, Michelle Grocer.

I'm a certified master life coach, attorney, wife and mom.

And years ago, I was right where you are. I was running a busy law practice while raising a family,

and I was on the fast track to burnout. I thought I just needed to be more organized or have better

routines, but it was learning how to heal and regulate my nervous system that expand in my capacity

to gracefully hold more of this big, beautiful life. You too are worthy of an

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