Being Pregnant
Fertility, Pregnancy and Labor Deities
Coatlicue, Aztec goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth
When my husband and I made the decision to start growing our family we didn’t anticipate that we were going to struggle. Although it seemed we didn’t have any trouble getting pregnant – we seemed to be quite fertile – but had trouble holding on to our pregnancies to make it to term.
After our third miscarriage, feeling confused, down and not sure what to do, a friend of mine picked up a fertility statue. Something we were to hang in our bedroom, above our bed that was thought to help with fertility and pregnancy. I kind of laughed at it when she handed it to me – I didn’t believe in it, it didn’t really fit the decor of the room. I was willing to try anything though and it couldn’t hurt, right?
I had that fertility statue in our room for all of our pregnancies, all our children and it’s now hidden in the closet just in case it does have ‘power’. When/if my husband and I do decide to go for baby #4 we will be breaking out our statue because, as silly as it may sound, I found some comfort in it.
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megan commented on Nov 08 11 at 3:13 pmWe brought back sets of house bulls from our trip to Peru- these ceramic bull figurines they put on the roofs of Peruvian homes to bring happiness, wealth and fertility. We brought back the 3 extra sets to give to friends who had recently bought new houses, since they’re a traditional house warming gift, but for a few weeks before we were able to see our friends we had all 8 of the bulls sitting on the dresser. We joked about how it might make me super fertile, and apparently it did because we got pregnant almost immediately after starting to ‘try’, despite my thyroid disorder. Now if only the house bulls would make us win the lottery or something to make the ‘wealth’ bit come true!
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