By your side

I already had had two abortions that have left me traumatized. When I met the Chaim Beshefa counselors all that I could talk about was the nightmare of the two abortions. As I planned my second abortion I ran away five times from different hospitals not willing to go through…

Tania is a young and happy mother of two lively children. “Happy” is a word that wasn’t in her vocabulary in the past. She wanted to tell her story to encourage others who may think that their own situation is hopeless.  “I made my Aliyah to Israel at the age…

The mother of two little girls tells her story: “My teenage years were full of problems, which led me to an early marriage with a violent man. When I was pregnant, expecting our mutual child, my husband threw me down the stairs, the consequence of which was the miscarriage of…

When I was 21 years old, I finished my army duty and I was released from the IDF. A short time afterward, I entered a relationship with a guy who immigrated to Israel from Brazil. We both were very young and immature. We were together for 5 months and like…

Adi, the mother of three children, became pregnant again, three years after the bankruptcy of her husband’s firm. During these years the family had lived very poorly. The couple agreed that under the circumstances they couldn’t afford a fourth child.One day, as she was deep in these controversial thoughts, walking…

Lital, a beautiful and intelligent schoolgirl is already making plans for her Bat Mitzvah celebrations since she will be turning 12 years old soon. Her mother, Sigal, gives a big hug to her, the dear and only child of this little family of two: a mother and a daughter. “Where…

In September of 1969, I found myself to be pregnant with my boyfriend’s child. I had had a relationship with this man in high school and it continued for almost 7 years. Needless to say, I was very much in love with him but when he found out I was…

“God’s perfect miracle!” This is the only thing I can think of, when I look into the smiling face of my little boy, now nearly 2 years old. I gave birth to my firstborn at a very advanced age (45), had a natural delivery, and very normal and calm pregnancy.…

After five years of matrimony, Osvaldo and I wanted to have children. I had an allergy problem to drugs and anesthesia, and could become crippled from their effect on my body; I was advised not to bear children. Only after a long and expensive treatment, I could become pregnant. Osvalso…

I was 44 years old, and already the mother of 5 children (some in their teenage years and some were young adults) when I realized that I had become pregnant, again. It was a complete shock to me! Parenting older children is so very much different than raising babies or…