Comments on: The Secret Handshake

By: Firefly

Firefly — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:40:59 +0000

I totally agree with the jewelry idea. We all can wear it as a badge of honor for all that we have been through and may go through. Plus we all need to nuture ourselves from this process!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:37:00 +0000

i was just reading this thread,not even sure how i got here. but we have a home business and customize silicone wristbands. I’m sure we could get pomegranate colored ones and we could engrave them with stirrup queen or put a turtle on them or an awareness ribbon . . . .I’d be happy to help.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:23:00 +0000

do not put any thing els on to do with thread

By: Rachel Inbar

Rachel Inbar — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:18:00 +0000

I’m all for jewelry as well. I think the IF blogging community is strong enough to get this going internationally – but maybe it needs a 2 step process (or more). The first step is going through IF, the 2nd is pregnant after IF or with an ART baby and the next perhaps and IF survivor…

Pregnancy guilt? OMG. I went through 13 years of IF, inc 6 IVF cycles that resulted in 3 kids (a singleton & twins from FET). I have since remarried, had a baby a few days before our 1st anniversary & then another a few days after our 2nd. I get tons of requests for interviews, but I refuse since I feel like an infertility fraud… after 13 years of infertility…

By: mandolyn

mandolyn — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:01:00 +0000

I want a pomegranate necklace! (I also want to avoid work at the moment…)

I like the simplicity of this shape.

http://uniquejudaica.com/images/pomegranite_th.jpg

By: Lyrehca

Lyrehca — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:58:00 +0000

I can’t find the link right now, but the Mister and I bought a clay pomegranate at an art show earlier this year. We moved it to “the creativity/children” corner of our bedroom (hey, a little feng shui never hurt anyone) and do these little rituals to urge our embryo (and at an earlier IVF point, my follicles) to grow. Weird, I know, but again, whatever helps the process along. When I get home I’ll post the link to the artist’s site.

By: ms. c

ms. c — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:26:00 +0000

i love the pomegranate!

By: aah0424

aah0424 — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:39:00 +0000

A couple of cycles ago I had 2 dreams about turtles and the next morning after the second one I went to get the paper and there was a turtle in my driveway. I started researching it and found the turtle was a symbol of fertility and motherhood in many Native American cultures. In one of my Google searches I found this site:
http://www.labelledame.com/fertility-jewelry.html

I have it bookmarked, but I haven’t bought it yet. I like the pomegranate, too!

By: annmarie

annmarie — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:57:00 +0000

I like the jewelry idea, but in the meantime, maybe we can establish a wink or twitch. hell, we already feel odd in a sense, so an odd movement seems appropriate!

By: The Town Criers

The Town Criers — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:58:00 +0000

I am totally, totally all for jewelry! And somewhat stuck on the whole pomegranate thing. In fact…I had already bookmarked this necklace on my computer in order to stick out the hint to my husband…

http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=14069

Especially because it is a sign of fertility. For those who don’t know the symbolism: in Judaism, one is supposed to eat a pomegranate between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur (September 24–October 1 this year) to bring about good fertility. And then, for extra measure, a couple who has been trying to have a baby for a while is given the etrog a few weeks later at the end of Succot (an etrog is a citrus fruit that looks like an overgrown lemon). They are supposed to bite off the stem at the top (the pitom) and they will have a baby within the year. Though…we…er…have two etrogs in our house. So maybe it takes a while for them to work.

I also like the idea of a pomegranate-coloured (deep purplish red) string tied around the wrist. Simple. Subtle. Cheap. Easily replaceable. Sort of a play on the red fertility string from Judaism. Which I wore too.

Can you tell that I’m a little superstitious? I’ll try ANYTHING to get pregnant.