Hopes and Fears: One Couple’s Fertility Challenges

Primary infertility can leave couples devastated. The desire to have children is a powerful force, and a mandate in many religions. But when nature doesn’t cooperate, prospective parents face fear, doubt, anger, and crushing disappointment. Author Danny Cohen shares a very personal, often heartbreaking diary of three years of tests, treatments, and roadblocks he and his wife, Etty, have faced as an Orthodox Jewish couple struggling to overcome infertility. Is it some kind of punishment from God or just the Almighty working in ways we cannot understand?