Tag: Miscarriage

A Jewish woman shares how her community and faith supported her during a traumatic miscarriage experience in 2014.
The author reflects on the experience of mourning a miscarriage alongside the celebration of Shavuot, drawing parallels between the loss of their unborn child and the miscarriage of the first tablets at Mount Sinai.
Allie Phillips shared her story of being denied an abortion in Tennessee due to fetal abnormalities, leading her to have the procedure in New York City.
The lack of ritual and liturgy in mainstream Judaism for experiences specific to women, such as menstruation, miscarriage, and mammograms, is a frustration for the author.
In this Shiur (Jewish lesson) on miscarriage in Halacha (Jewish law), various questions are addressed regarding the halachic status and practices related to miscarriage.
Israeli parents are seeking access to the burial sites of their lost pregnancies or infants, challenging a long-standing custom known as Minhag Yerushalayim.
Aimee Friedman Baron, upon creating the nonprofit I Was Supposed to Have a Baby (IWSTHAB), has established an online community on Instagram for Jewish women struggling with infertility, offering support through virtual groups, one-on-one sessions, and informative content.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, infertility treatments were disrupted, leaving many feeling alone and uncertain.
The author reflects on their experiences with miscarriages, particularly their second consecutive miscarriage right before Rosh Hashanah.
In episode 135 of Unorthodox podcast, Peninah Lamm Kaplansky shares her experience with miscarriage, emphasizing the need for more support and dialogue on infertility and pregnancy loss within Jewish communities.
The author recounts the harrowing experience of his wife going into premature labor at just 23 weeks and three days, resulting in their extremely premature daughter being born weighing only 1 pound.