the training program several years ago and have been teaching kallot and chatanim ever since. The program was halakhically rigorous, open, taught with honesty and sensitivity, and mutifaceted. In addition to the halakhic presentations, it included presentations by a gynecologist, a sex therapist, a urologist, and a social worker. It was intensive, thorough, eye opening, and inspiring. I truly feel that I have been able to make a difference in the lives of engaged couples as a result. Many continue to reach out to me with questions. I feel gratified to have been able to play such an important role at such a critical, meaningful, and emotional time in their lives. Taharat HaMishpacha is about much more than halakha. It's about intimacy, communication, respect, and navigating one's relationshipwas under 33 weeks for 44% of them. Deaths were caused by usual complications of severe prematurity, neurologic diseases and malformations. Thirty-two percent of total deaths were not notified to the French Authority: 25% of deaths for termination of pregnancy for medical reasons and 7% for stillbirths and per and post partum deaths. This survey suggests that the Pays de Loire perinatal mortality indicators remained low compared with other French regions, even after adjustment for this under notification. This casts doubts on the validity of perinatal mortality monitoring based on official notifications. The cause may lie in the inadequacy of legislation of the particular circumstances of perinatal deaths.