Tips and Resources for Dealing with Infertility #FertilityTips
As part of Passover preparation – removing chametz from our lives and planning to leave the narrow places – Hasidah invited several guest bloggers to provide support for dealing with Infertility during the holiday and beyond. Erin Schlozman is a licensed professional counselor specializing in women’s reproductive health at Mama Wellness Co. in Colorado In Judaism, […]
How Do You Share The Story?
As part of Passover preparation – removing chametz from our lives and planning to leave the narrow places – Hasidah invited several guest bloggers to provide support for dealing with Infertility during the holiday and beyond. Aron Wolgel is an educator and infertility veteran based in Berkeley, CA. The excitement of Pesach is upon us! […]
The Fifth Child at The Seder
Guest Blogger Julie Bindeman is a reproductive psychologist, speaker and author based in Rockville, MD One of the most familiar parts of the Passover Seder is the four sons/children. These children represent the different places in which people come to the Seder: knowing and wise; selfish (or wicked); simple (or not knowing); and the fourth […]
#BabyBenefits Are All Business
Take the one with the best benefits. My dad gave me that advice when I was faced with the enviable position of choosing which job to accept after college. The advice struck me because it was not on my radar at all. It didn’t influence me much at the time, but it did in the […]
Fertility Care is Good Policy
Hurray for companies that are realizing support for family building is good for business! It’s quite an interesting position financially, socially, and economically for a business to show that supporting family creation is something worthwhile. The JewishStork has supported people who have chosen jobs and kept jobs because of access to insured fertility care. It […]
Does “Femtech” Help Or Exploit?
Helping or Exploiting? A good question indeed. We have so much data, but can it really help us? How should data influence are decisions? Will we get different outcomes? Where is the link between big data statistics and actual outcomes? What about when it isn’t accurate? What will it take into account? Are we just […]
How To Make Good Fertility Treatment Decisions
One of the hallmarks of a good decision is whether it takes into account all of the information available at the time it is made. Hindsight is always challenging when circumstances change or values change. Feeling good about a decision is not thinking you can know everything there is to know. Good decisions come when […]
#FamilyBuildingReality
One had an adoption fall through. One has a surrogate that is pregnant. One had a failed transfer and is awaiting next steps. Two are pregnant. Two have unknown diagnoses. This is just the check on Tuesday for the week. The stories and circumstances are as unique as each human being. Please God, the ultimate […]
What Would You Give Up To Have A Baby?
Some things are just human and it doesn’t seem to matter much where you live. Facing challenges to building a family might be one of them. A recent survey in England got the following stats from people struggling to become parents. 90% say infertility feels like a trauma. 94% don’t think their friends, family or […]
Welcome Johanna!
Hasidah is delighted to welcome Johanna Meckel as our new Outreach and Development Coordinator. Johanna joined Hasidah with appreciation for its mission to help people in the Jewish community who are facing challenges building their family. She has worked at Hillel and Stand With Us and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this […]