Resources

Pregnancy Loss Care

Tefilat Chana provides care packages to help ease the pain and grief of a lost pregnancy. These packages are locally produced with love and understanding, and are distributed through local rabbis, rebbetzins, medical professionals, Mikvah attendants and the Chevra Kadisha. Please contact us for more information about this service.

Financial Assistance

Tefilat-Chana provides financial subsidies. Please contact us for more information.

To partner with us in this important service, please consider making a donation.

Couples who struggle with infertility often experience feelings of shame, pain and loneliness, which can only be understood by others who have shared a similar journey. As a community, we must be aware of the challenging stigma of infertility, and ensure that our friends and family are not hurting.

Tefilat Chana offers a variety of facilitated support groups. Working through emotions in a small group of other people with similar journeys can be very healing. These meetings are scheduled according to demand. Please contact us for more details.

Useful Links

ORACH NASHIM facebook.com/orachnashim

Orach Nashim is a Melbourne-based organisation aimed at increasing awareness and providing services to women across the spectrum of the Melbourne Jewish community, relating to the intersecting areas of family purity laws and reproductive health. It is a place for women to seek guidance and support with female health professionals in a safe and approachable manner. Orach Nashim also serves as a liaison to obtain rabbinic advice for women who don't have a Rabbi, or are uncomfortable asking their Rabbi about intimate issues.

Knafayim knafayimwings.org

Orach Nashim is a Melbourne-based organisation aimed at increasing awareness and providing services to women across the spectrum of the Melbourne Jewish community, relating to the intersecting areas of family purity laws and reproductive health. It is a place for women to seek guidance and support with female health professionals in a safe and approachable manner. Orach Nashim also serves as a liaison to obtain rabbinic advice for women who don't have a Rabbi, or are uncomfortable asking their Rabbi about intimate issues.

ATIME atime.org

ATIME is an internationally acclaimed organisation that offers advocacy, education, guidance, research and support to Jewish men, women, and couples struggling with reproductive health and infertility. A TIME is strongly endorsed by leading Rabbonim and physicians, and is widely recognised as an organisation that is sensitive to the privacy of each couple, while providing a wide array of essential services in a caring and professional manner. Additionally, ATIME forums brings together thousands of couples from around the world.

BONEI OLAM boneiolam.org

BONEI OLAM provides funding for all aspects of fertility treatments, relieving couples of the financial stress resulting from infertility. When a couple contacts BONEI OLAM, they are assigned a personal counsellor who guides them through the labyrinth of medical information and the negotiation of payment plans.

PUAH INSTITUTE puahfertility.org

The world-renowned PUAH INSTITUTE provides free counselling, guidance, assistance and support to couples with gynaecological and fertility problems, worldwide. All of PUAH’s counsellors receive specialised training in modern reproductive medicine, and their staff members have an extensive breadth of both halachic and medical knowledge. PUAH also provides full halachic supervision in hospitals and fertility laboratories for couples undergoing artificial reproductive technology, and offer a variety of courses, seminars, study tours, and lectures. The PUAH website also hosts an extensive collection of articles and discussions regarding fertility treatment in halacha, making this information accessible to non-medical and non-Rabbinic audiences alike.

TAHAREINU TAHAREINU.COM

TAHAREINU stands at the forefront of innovative medical solutions to Tahara problems such as those caused by irregular cycles, abnormal uterine bleeding, postpartum staining, perimenopause and menopause. TAHAREINU assists many couples navigating fertility challenges, ovulation management, intimacy dysfunction, recurring pregnancy loss, PCOS, POI, and a range of other fertility issues. TAHAREINU specialises in diagnosing exact causes, often circumventing the need for IVF, thereby preventing years of unnecessary stress, be it emotional, physical and financial..

THE JEWISH WOMAN chabad.org

THE JEWISH WOMAN section of Chabad.org contains a number of inspirational articles on the topic of Fertility & Pregnancy Loss.

INFERTILITY AND PREGNANCY LOSS MIKVAH.org

THE INFERTILITY AND PREGNANCY LOSS section of Mikvah.org contains a number of inspirational articles on the topic of Fertility & Pregnancy Loss. This website also contains a comprehensive world-wide Mikvah directory, and other comprehensive information about Taharas Hamishpacha in general.