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I was married for three years when I was told I would never have children. I was from a family of seven and my husband was one of nine. Who even thinks in terms of no children? They wouldn’t even take our money. There was no hope, they said.
We then left the medical route and started davening. We got brachos, did segulos, and davened! We went to the Bluzhever Rebbe z”l, who told us we would have a ben zachar. Chacham Ben Zion Abba Shaul z”l gave us a brachah for shalom bayis and told us to light 26 neiros until we had a child. After 11 years of marriage, at a second Seder, I decided to start counting sefirah with a brachah. I figured that with no kids to stop me, I could do this, so I started. A few weeks in, I found out I was pregnant.
With chasdei Hashem, we had a beautiful baby boy who has since made us grandparents as well! Every time I say the line in Hallel, “Eim habanim smeichah,” I reexperience my joy in becoming a mother.
P.S. I’ve counted sefirah with a brachah every year since.
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