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Not Fitting Into the Categories

How do you relate to Gd, when he doesn’t answer your prayers over and over again? Here is one person’s story: “What does hashem want from me?

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Our Stillbirth Story

Rest easy my sweet baby girl. Know that you had so much love and family waiting for you here but I have no doubt that all our loved ones who have passed will watch over you and keep you safe.

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Vanishing Twin Story

But I often think about that baby too. Why he didn’t make it? Was he sick? What would his personality have been like? Would he have rolled over at the same time? It's very, very hard for me.

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Aliza Blumenthal’s Story

I will be featuring the profile of my dear friend, Aliza Blumenthal. Aliza struggled with an eating disorder in her teenage years and then struggled to build her family.

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Miscarriage and Going Back To Work

I remember my initial reaction was anger. I was mad. I was REALLY mad. This was not the plan. I was supposed to be having a baby!

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Missing Shabbat Candles

I’m lighting the Shabbat candles this week and every week at sundown with a tear in my eye and a prayer on my lips for God to safeguard us.

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My Personal Infertility Story

I want to highlight one important piece of this story. Anyone who is struggling to have a child, whatever the reason, feels a complex jumble of emotions.

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My Secondary Infertility Story

Secondary infertility is real, painful and heartbreaking, with the guilt that you already have a child/children, and you may look as if you are not struggling at all.

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Medical Management Miscarriage Story

That Friday night was the worse night of my life!! The pain and trauma and blood loss that I went through, I would not wish it on ... my worse enemy.

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Mikvah Feelings

It’s been a long time since I was in that stage of my life, the emotions and stress of mikvah night during the years when we kept losing babies come rushing back.

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Therapy and G-d

So, keep G-d a part of your life, if He is already there, but don’t forgo therapy because you think G-d will take care of you. Because He can’t... until you start to help yourself.

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You Do You

This is not about tackling that long forgotten home improvement project. This is not about finishing that manuscript for which you never seemed to have time.

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Grateful & Hateful

Before I was in the situation I’m currently in, I used to say those things to other people too, and I only meant it in a well-meaning way.

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I Was Supposed To

“I was supposed to be sick for 9 weeks as my body worked to create you, I was supposed to get pregnant and now I need to let you go”

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Mourning During Covid

And through my tears I pray for what I thought was. I pray for peace and health. I pray for those suffering from the pandemic. I pray for the world to heal. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Jealous of Pregnancy

And I feel horrible that I’m jealous of a friend that got that joy for even a little bit. I know that must be hurtful to people that went through the pain of losing.