As Yoatzot Halacha Fertility Counselors, there are often moments on Erev Shabbat, after lighting candles and davening for our own families, when our thoughts turn to the women and couples we accompanied during that week.
Perhaps it is the woman who suffered a miscarriage and asked when she would be able to return to the mikveh.
The couple struggling with whether to use a donor egg and grappling with the halachic implications if the donor is not Jewish.
The woman preparing to begin her tenth round of IVF, asking why Hashem is putting her through such an ordeal.
The woman struggling with Taharat HaMishpacha as she tries desperately to reach the mikveh before ovulation.
Each story is an entire world of yearning, waiting, hoping, and so often, crying.
