Good Shabbos ❤️ thinking of you all and holding space for you!

Xoxo,

Aimee

The world feels so scary, so dark, so lonely right now. I received this message and I had to share it with you all because I want you to know that if you feel the same way, that’s normal.

For more information please contact info@iwassupposedtohaveababy.org 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Parshas Vayera

Praying of you all and for a peaceful Shabbos ❤️

Xoxo,

Aimee

Is this about fertility or is this about the crisis overseas… or both? 🫶🫶🫶 Holding space for you all.

Navigating the situation overseas with our personal struggles is challenging. There are a lot of emotions, and maybe feelings of neglect. Life keeps moving even when the world seems to be crumbling around you. We see those of you struggling with balancing all these feelings and all the hurt.

Grief is deep. Grief is more than missing the person you’ve lost. It’s about everything else you’ve lost as a result. It’s about accepting a different future than you pictured for yourself. Swipe to read this voice from the community about losing a family member and reimagining a future family without him.

The sentiment to make more Jewish babies and have more Jewish weddings right now is not inherently a bad sentiment. It's just that for people who can't do those things, it can be triggering and alienating.

Someone sent me this message and I just had to share it because I'm sure there are others feeling the same way. There is a desire to DO SOMETHING right now. Everyone is asking: how can I help? Please know that even if you cannot bring more Jewish babies into the world right now, there are other ways you can help.

Good Shabbos. I’ll be thinking of you all💞 Xoxo, Aimee

Inside scoop at all the ways I am here for you 🫶 … And I still haven’t had lunch.

For questions, comments or if you want someone on the IWSTHAB staff to come consult for your organization, please reach out via DM or email at info@iwassupposedtohaveababy.org

At I Supposed To Have A Baby, we are uniquely positioned to help during this time of crisis. Look for our Wave Of Light Resource Guide through the link in our bio and in all the upcoming posts.

We are not ok. But we are here for you. IWSTHAB staff and board are here for you. Even as we personally struggle.

The world is heavy right now, and you don’t need to go through it alone. See where to get more help.

Seven ways you can practice self-care including; setting boundaries, getting outside, laugh, reaching out to support systems, deep breathing, starting small, and letting it out.

The longer this war continues, the likelihood increases that each of us will personally know someone who has died, or we will be in the position of comforting someone who is mourning. Most people don’t know how to comfort a person who has lost someone close to them, going through unimaginable pain.

We have so many episode on pain, and struggle and loss, but these are ones that highlight the grief (and anger) that so many are experiencing right now.

Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but many of us don’t know what grief looks like or recognize it when it shows up. You may have different feelings that come and go, with no rhyme or reason, and grief can cause a whole host of physical and emotional symptoms.

We have created our own “WAVE OF LIGHT” Resource Guide to support the Jewish Community as we move through this current crisis. We encourage you to share these resources and graphics widely, on and off social media, around the world, to help support anyone grieving.