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Fast Forward Jewish fertility group is helping Alabama clients undergo IVF elsewhere after state’s explosive ‘fetal personhood’ ruling
‘This was kind of the worst-case scenario post-Dobbs,’ said Elana Frank, CEO and founder of the Jewish Fertility Foundation
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Opinion This Jew-ish card game kept me busy during my infertility treatment
While playing the card game Casino, I learned how quickly fortunes could change
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Life Can ‘Kosher’ IVF Help Prevent Fertility Mix-Ups?
When Esther and her husband decided to do fertility treatment, the modern Orthodox couple consulted with their rabbi. “We didn’t think twice about it,” said the New Jersey woman who preferred not to give her full name. She had lost a few pregnancies before starting in vitro fertilization (IVF), the medical process of extracting a…
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News This Jewish Couple Overcame Infertility. Do Their Twins Have To Convert?
The Jewish parents of infant twin boys drove last summer from their home in the Washington, D.C., area to a summer camp in Pennsylvania to perform a conversion for their babies. It was a slightly embellished version of the traditional conversion ceremony: Since both boys were already circumcised, they simply recited a prayer, the Sh’ma,…
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News Why She Had To Crowdfund Her Baby, With Help From Bubbe
Amanda Naor has spent her life around children. Early in her career she worked as an infant caregiver. She met her husband, Spenser, while leading a production of “Peter Pan” at a children’s theater in Los Angeles. They took turns playing Smee. But when it came time to have a child of their own, Naor…
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Life Is Infertility An Eggcellent Adventure? If Thousands Listen In — Then Yes.
Talking to Matt Mira and Doree Shafrir is like immersing yourself in a warm bubble bath with a glass of wine: it feels soothing and buoyant at the same time. That’s probably how their tens of thousands of listeners feel when tuning into their podcast, Matt and Doree’s Eggcellent Adventure about their fertility journey trying…
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Life After Many Miscarriages, I Didn’t Want To Complain About Motherhood, Ever. And Then I Became A Mother.
“I was so tired I just wanted to throttle her,” one mom said with a little laugh to show she wasn’t planning on harming her toddler. “And then when I finally went to the living room she’d spilled rice all over the floor!” The moms at the party nodded in complicity, adding their own tales…
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