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For many, the fertility journey is long and lonely. But with the right support it doesn’t have to be.

12/25/2025

We can’t thank you enough
The support from every single individual who gave was able to fund an entire IVF cycle for a couple !!!

12/23/2025

The harsh reality so many couples face, and the reason why places like exist and are there for them every step of the way ❤️

12/21/2025

Meet Joelle Bohadana, Events and Awareness Director at PUAH.

“I met a couple just before the husband was about to start chemo. As they were figuring out what came next, they were told that freezing s***m wasn’t an option—because they already had children.

When they told me, I went quiet. Not because anyone meant harm, but because I couldn’t stop thinking: there was more to ask.

Fertility halacha lives in the gray. It’s deeply nuanced, and one answer without the full picture can change everything.

This is where PUAH comes in. Our Rabbanim live in this space—seeing hundreds of cases, every diagnosis, every new technology—constantly weighing how Torah and medicine work together.

I wish more couples knew that halacha isn’t there to close doors. Sometimes it’s what opens them. Sometimes there are paths you never knew existed—until someone who understands the nuances shows you the way.”

12/19/2025

Meet Levine, M.D., Founding Physician and Practice Director, CCRM Fertility.

“I’ve been doing this work long enough to know that infertility isn’t just a medical problem. It’s physical, it’s financial, and it’s profoundly emotional. All areas need to be supported.

I once worked with a couple who had lost a child to a genetic condition. I honestly can’t think of a deeper kind of pain. After their loss, genetic testing helped identify the exact mutation, and that meant we could actually do something.

We built a probe specifically for that mutation, screened every embryo, and made sure the condition would never be passed on again.

And because PUAH made the whole process financially possible, they were able to move forward. Today, they have the family they dreamed of.

But none of that is enough on its own. Fertility treatment can feel incredibly isolating. The emotional weight is enormous. And that’s why PUAH really matters so much.

PUAH supported this couple financially. But more importantly, they supported them emotionally. They gave them halachic clarity, a place to ask hard questions, and a caring team of people to lean on in a very confusing process. When people come to me through PUAH, they come in more supported than other patients, and that makes the whole experience different–a little easier, and safer. PUAH is like the bubble wrap of fertility care.

What I want every couple to know is simple: you don’t have to do this alone. Not medically. Not emotionally. There is support. There is guidance. And there is a way forward.”

12/19/2025

Meet Denise Hirsch, PUAH’s Director of Supervision, Florida.

“Looking back, every part of my life was preparing me for this.
I studied medicine for years. I studied in Peru and then again in America. But I didn’t finish. For many years, I felt like a failure because of that.   I later realized I didn’t fail. It was all meant to be. Hashem was leading me to my very specific role at PUAH.

Suddenly, my background in science and medicine, my religious journey (I am a baal teshuva), and my desire to heal people all lined up.

When I moved to Florida, I was looking for a job, and a friend told me PUAH needed mashgichot (supervisors). I went, I trained, and I knew this was a role for me. I was a mashgicha for X years. Now I am the Director of South Florida for PUAH, managing a team of mashgichot and liaising with couples and labs.

What I do now feels so purposeful. The IVF journey is extremely difficult — couples who come to PUAH are overwhelmed and often unsure of what hashgacha even means. I get to explain it to them in a way that brings comfort instead of anxiety. I walk them through every step so they know their genetic material is being handled with halachic integrity and with care.

Once I spoke to a couple where the wife wanted hashgacha, but the husband didn’t understand why it mattered. They weren’t observant, but she felt strongly, and it was causing tension between them.
I sat with both of them and explained, simply and respectfully, why halachic oversight matters, what we do and don’t do, and what it means for their family down the line. How it safeguards things they hadn’t even thought about. He listened. He asked questions. He thought about it. And then he turned to his wife and said, ‘Okay. We’ll have hashgacha.’

Every day, I get to be a comforting presence in a process that is overwhelming and isolating. And I get to use every part of who I am — the science, the halacha, the compassion — to walk with them on their way to building a family.

PUAH brought all the pieces of my life together. And I’m grateful I get to be part of these journeys.”

12/18/2025

Looking up to our matriarchs and emulating their ways ❤️❤️

12/17/2025

Meet Rochel Schwartzmer, a woman who navigated IVF and found support through PUAH.

“After our first failed round of IVF, the organization helping us said, ‘There’s nothing else we can do.’ There was no directive, no next step.

We were completely lost.

We went to Rabbanim with our questions, and most said, “I can’t answer that.”
 It felt like every door was closing. We literally had no idea where to turn.

I came across an Instagram post about a support group for our exact diagnosis. I’m not a support-group person, but I was desperate. I joined, and someone there mentioned PUAH.
That’s when everything changed.   For the first time in a long time, we had hope again.
Rabbi Segelman at PUAH was incredible. He helped us navigate our medical and halachic options.

He didn’t say, “I can’t answer that.” He took us seriously. He did the homework. He answered the hard shailos, and when he didn’t know, he spoke to major poskim. He walked us through complicated halachic situations step by step. He even spoke with our community Rav to make sure everyone was aligned.   For the first time, we didn’t feel like second-class citizens. We felt seen and supported.

And against all odds, and I can say that, truly, against all odds — we now have a 3½-year-old little boy. He’s not just a miracle. He’s a miracle wrapped in bows and ribbons.

We learned a lot through our journey. It was extremely painful. But we’ve done a lot of work and have grown through the journey. That’s a whole different conversation.

But I want to share if you’re going through infertility:  You are not alone.
 PUAH is here for you. There are options.  There is hope.
 And who you become through this challenge matters more than the challenge itself.

PUAH gave us our chance. And we are forever indebted.”

12/16/2025

Night 3 ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

12/16/2025

Meet Joshua Klein, M.D. FACOG, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Chief Clinical Officer of Extend Fertility.

“Most people walk into my office thinking fertility is just a medical problem.
 But it’s never just that.

It’s medical, yes. But it’s also emotional, psychological, and relational.
 And for frum couples, there is also halacha to consider.  People come in expecting science. They’re not prepared for how much of their life this is going to touch.
They sit down thinking we’re going to talk about hormones and ultrasounds.
 But suddenly we’re talking about intimacy.
 About marriage. About religious observance. About the parts of themselves they’ve never had to articulate out loud before.

By the end of a first visit, many couples leave with more questions than they came in with. Not because I’ve confused them — but because they’re realizing how layered this journey really is.
I see it most intensely with younger couples. They’re newly married, still figuring out how to speak to each other about private things, and now they’re having to share issues they’ve never even discussed between themselves.

Sometimes the husband doesn’t even come to the first appointment — because society has conditioned everyone to believe infertility is a woman’s issue. Which it absolutely is not.

Fertility challenges don’t just test the body.
 They test the relationship. They test communication. They test faith. They test the parts of you that you didn’t even know could be tested.  That’s why support matters. Even with all the medical advancements, infertility brings layers of emotional, physical, and practical challenges, and no one should ever carry those on their own.”

12/16/2025

Night two 🕯️🕯️🕯️

12/15/2025

The holy nights of Chanukah are an extra special time to pray 🙏🏻

12/14/2025

Meet Jackie Glaser.

She became a mom at age 50 through egg-freezing and IVF, supported by PUAH.

“At thirty-seven, I needed to take the pressure off dating, so I froze my eggs. I walked into the clinic completely alone, sitting in a waiting room full of couples. It was one of the most isolating and confronting moments of my life.

But when I woke up from the procedure, a PUAH mashgicha (lab supervisor) was sitting beside me. She was warm, caring, and just present. I didn’t even know her, but I looked at her and just
burst into tears. I didn’t realize how much I needed someone there, but PUAH understood. I’m forever grateful for that.

Still, even after that moment, the waiting continued.
Waiting for my life to look the way I thought it should. For Hashem to answer in the way I wanted.

The longer I waited, the more painful it became.

One day in a work meeting, the CEO I was speaking with looked at me and said, ‘go home and tell Hashem you accept.’

‘Accept what?’
‘That He is in charge. Not you.’

‘You have to
Then he said four words that changed my life:

‘Trust is a choice.’

Until then, I’d been waiting to feel trust. Waiting for the circumstances to make trusting easier. It never occurred to me that I could choose it.
After days of crying and reflection, I finally said to Hashem,
‘If this is what You want for me right now, I will accept it. Even though this is not what I want. Even though it breaks my heart. But
You are in charge, not me.’

This wasn’t giving up. It was a deep acceptance — letting go of my need to control the outcome.
The very next day, my husband’s name was suggested to me.
It wasn’t magic. Something inside me finally shifted. I wasn’t resisting my life anymore. I wasn’t resisting Hashem.
Today, we have a beautiful daughter, Ariella, from the 1 embryo I had frozen with PUAH.

That one moment, choosing to trust Hashem, changed everything.

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