After 3 long years of trying to grow our family to no avail, my wife and I were at what we thought was going to be the end of that grueling road.  Embryo transfer day arrived and our hope quickly blossomed into excitement and anticipation for our little ones who we just knew were nestling snuggly into my womb…until we got the call, “Your pregnancy test is negative, I’m sorry but your transfer wasn’t successful.”  Those words still sting, and our hearts still long for what we thought was…and what we desire so much to be.  IVF brings so much hope and happiness to couples like us all the time, but this wasn’t OUR time.  And the grief that it brought into our lives wasn’t what we were prepared for.  Join me on today’s episode of The Unspoken Cycle Podcast as I talk about my journey with IVF, the irony of the hope it restores AND diminishes, and how we can nurture our hearts back to a place of hopefulness again.