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Every Word Counts
Our Marriage Contract and Chanukah
By Elana Mizrahi
I came home and explained to my husband that I just couldn't do it again. I couldn't start with the treatments again, the running around like a madwoman, the ups and downs, the anxiety. I just wanted to be happy with what I had...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Fertility Problems & Loss » Personal Stories » Every Word Counts
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Doesn’t Everyone Deserve the Chance to Have a Child?
A true story of a woman who made the will of G‑d, her own
By Mirish Kiszner
"We were dealt a blow today," my wife said softly. "But I don't want to be angry at G‑d. I want to give praise to G‑d for giving you to me and me to you. As we enter the next chapter of our lives and we will not let bitterness or melancholy darken it."
Library » Stories » Contemporary » Doesn’t Everyone Deserve the Chance to Have a Child?
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Is there a prayer for infertility?
By Chaya Sarah Silberberg
Question: My wife and have been trying to have children from a while, but we have been unsuccessful. Currently, my wife is undergoing a certain treatment and the doctor is very optimistic. I, too, remain optimistic, but a little insurance can't hurt. ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » Advice » Is there a prayer for infertility?
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The Ripe Pomegranate
By Noa Kaufman
We saw more doctors and underwent more invasive tests, all with the same conclusion: IVF was our only option...
Women » Pregnancy & Birth » Miracle Babies » The Ripe Pomegranate
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Fertility Problems & Family Events
Unfortunately, my oldest daughter does not have any children though they are still trying and praying. Lately though, she and her husband have stopped attending family events. I understand that it is difficult for her to be around other children...but ...
Women » Dear Rachel » Health Concerns » Fertility Problems & Family Events
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Am I Cursed Because I Don't have Children?
By Chana Weisberg
I would have loved more than anything to pass on a Jewish/Torah legacy to children and grandchildren. I have been told that because I am barren that I am somehow cursed by G‑d. Am I cursed?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Marriage & Family » Am I Cursed Because I Don't have Children?
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Letting Go
Dealing with Secondary Infertility
By Elana Mizrahi
Treatment after treatment, month after month, year after year, my womb remained empty. Nothing happened except the pain in my heart grew stronger...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Fertility Problems & Loss » Personal Stories » Letting Go
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Prayer Babies
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
Why are infertile women such a central theme of the High Holidays? Because there are few people in the world who will ever pray with the intensity of a woman who yearns for a child...
Women » Pregnancy & Birth » Miracle Babies » Prayer Babies
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The Son She Gave Away
By Chana Silberstein
The story of Hannah, the Haftorah of Rosh Hashanah, is a tale richly woven of many strands. It is a story of devotion and of love, of service and of sacrifice.
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Biblical Women » The Son She Gave Away
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Facing Infertility
By Leah Weitz-Cohen
Miriam told me she and her husband had been trying to conceive, but after trying for over two years - nothing had happened. At first they'd laughed it off as 'work-induced stress', but after a while they realized it was a more serious problem...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Fertility Problems & Loss » Personal Stories » Facing Infertility
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