in their own words
Hasidah Client Testimonials
Both Benji and I have always wanted to have kids, and we tried on and off for several years...We have been looking forward to becoming Jewish parents even as we stood under the chuppah with a special tallis made by my mother and aunt to be used at our special life-cycle events...Since we decided to be open about our experience, many of our friends have shared their infertility journeys. It has been very gratifying to help dispel the stigma surrounding infertility and the support that comes from having a community support you...We learned about Hasidah while we were in the process of trying to get pregnant through IVF last autumn. We were searching for funding options because we both work for non-profits and the cost of IVF was astronomical and we do not have insurance coverage. Having Hasidah and Idit there for us during our first round before we even applied for the grant meant the world to us.
Our surrogacy was uncharted territory, yet Hasidah assumed the risks of these unknowns, showed flexibility and choose to assist us in spite of these risks. From the beginning Idit showed us kindness, understanding and compassion. We felt listened to and held right at a time when we were fatigued from the process. Receiving encouraging words from a woman who had walked in our shoes was priceless. This was truly the first time we felt help was not just words but also actions.
Thanks in part to your assistance, we now have Elan, our beautiful baby boy, and our seven-year struggle has come to an end. We are profoundly grateful for what you have done for our family and we are appreciative of the work Hasidah is doing to change the conversation in the Jewish community around fertility.
For two working teachers in Los Angeles, the cost of IVF is not within our budget without your help. We have dwindled our savings and maxed out credit cards trying everything over the course of these past 2+ years. In order to move forward with IVF we need further assistance.
Thank you so much – this means so much to us and helps take off the stress of our own personal challenges to allow us to continue focusing on the needs of others.
Thrilled does not even begin to express how happy we are right now. Your generosity and support is something that we never dreamed could be a reality. We told all our family today that we would be able to move along with the IVF process thanks to your organization.
Infertility has strained our family and our friendships. It has made us feel the extreme high of hopefulness that this might be “the month” and the deepest despair that we may never have a child to love. We have been through the hardest two years of our lives and while our relationship is stronger than ever, we still have no child despite our best efforts.
Without Hasidah, I wouldn’t be holding my sleeping child on my chest right this very moment. What else do you need to know?
We had tried to have a baby going on 4 and a half years while watching our friends around us have babies. Their children grew and eventually got siblings and we were still trying for just one. I finally went to the fertility doctor and we had both had labs and tests done with a result of unexplained infertility. It’s a bit hard on us not knowing why we are having such difficulty with having a baby.
Unfortunately, our health insurance doesn’t cover infertility treatment, and our expenses are already accumulating to the point where we worry that starting a family may be out of reach.
