tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post115495989222624256..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: The Secret HandshakeLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-82817357862765767402007-06-20T00:37:00.000-04:002007-06-20T00:37:00.000-04:00i was just reading this thread,not even sure how i...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-82179087895278471482007-03-08T05:23:00.000-05:002007-03-08T05:23:00.000-05:00do not put any thing els on to do with threaddo not put any thing els on to do with threadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1155669527333715612006-08-15T15:18:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:18:00.000-04:00I'm all for jewelry as well. I think the IF bloggi...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...<BR/><BR/>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...Rachel Inbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605780418673759318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1155049308466814782006-08-08T11:01:00.000-04:002006-08-08T11:01:00.000-04:00I want a pomegranate necklace! (I also want to av...I want a pomegranate necklace! (I also want to avoid work at the moment...)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I like the simplicity of this shape. <BR/><BR/>http://uniquejudaica.com/images/pomegranite_th.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1155045511856602452006-08-08T09:58:00.000-04:002006-08-08T09:58:00.000-04:00I can't find the link right now, but the Mister an...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.Lyrehcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731508321420598343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1155043568863576322006-08-08T09:26:00.000-04:002006-08-08T09:26:00.000-04:00i love the pomegranate!i love the pomegranate!ms. chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369055212101853503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1155040763127263082006-08-08T08:39:00.000-04:002006-08-08T08:39:00.000-04:00A couple of cycles ago I had 2 dreams about turtle...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:<BR/>http://www.labelledame.com/fertility-jewelry.html<BR/><BR/>I have it bookmarked, but I haven't bought it yet. I like the pomegranate, too!Somewhat Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701338805685025735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154998663254213732006-08-07T20:57:00.000-04:002006-08-07T20:57:00.000-04:00I like the jewelry idea, but in the meantime, mayb...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!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154995122188762642006-08-07T19:58:00.000-04:002006-08-07T19:58:00.000-04:00I am totally, totally all for jewelry! And somewh...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...<BR/><BR/>http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=14069<BR/><BR/>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. <BR/><BR/>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. <BR/><BR/>Can you tell that I'm a little superstitious? I'll try ANYTHING to get pregnant.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154993196104527362006-08-07T19:26:00.000-04:002006-08-07T19:26:00.000-04:00I love the jewelery idea! I would wear it with pri...I love the jewelery idea! I would wear it with pride every day. I think a big garnet shaped pomegrantate - symbolizing blodd flow and fertility. Sounds kinda gross but kinda cool at the same time. My brother is actually a jeweler. I told him he should make me a pomegranate shaped charm as a good luck with this IF thing present. Perhaps he could market them for real.Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707458141682278067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154982558490935572006-08-07T16:29:00.000-04:002006-08-07T16:29:00.000-04:00I always love jewelry!!! I have to admit, I have t...I always love jewelry!!! <BR/>I have to admit, I have told many, many people that I am IF in all kinds of places, WalMart lines, movies, nail salon, etc. I don't want them to think I'm crazy or stalking them..ha. I always find that once I can get the words out that I feel better and the "PG belly" person has told me many times, it will be ok and just last 2 of them told me it took a long time, one even shared a dr's name with me. That's when I know that the communication works. <BR/><BR/>I vote for Jewelry. :)Kirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17894442143508446312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154981719291702052006-08-07T16:15:00.000-04:002006-08-07T16:15:00.000-04:00I have a very pretty design that I want to use for...I have a very pretty design that I want to use for my next tattoo (hey, I'm not pregnant and probably not gonna be for a while, might as well): it's a star that they say is the sign of the Sumerian fertility goddess Inanna. Ummm, let me find the website and I'll give you the link in just a second... http://tinyurl.com/zb7h8 Look at that, I even mastered the tiny url (since I don't know how to hyperlink or if that even works in a blog comment). It's a very cute 8-pointed star. You could have them made and sell them with your book, Mel...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154979066092631412006-08-07T15:31:00.000-04:002006-08-07T15:31:00.000-04:00Jewelry! Jewelry!!Jewelry! Jewelry!!ms. chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369055212101853503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154978778152469902006-08-07T15:26:00.000-04:002006-08-07T15:26:00.000-04:00I'd love some kind of jewelry to identify other pe...I'd love some kind of jewelry to identify other people dealing with IF. It would be great to see someone wearing a visible sign of their (our) struggle so I could reach out to them!KEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073443501247626966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154976387221177172006-08-07T14:46:00.000-04:002006-08-07T14:46:00.000-04:00My vote is for jewelry too! If we have to carry th...My vote is for jewelry too! If we have to carry the burden of IF, we might as well have something cute to show for it!Somewhat Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701338805685025735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154970427870454982006-08-07T13:07:00.000-04:002006-08-07T13:07:00.000-04:00You're absolutely right. I now understand pregnanc...You're absolutely right. I now understand pregnancy guilt. <BR/>I agree that we need to make a secret sign so other IF'ers know that we were once one of them! Or jewelry is a great idea too!<BR/><BR/>Mme and mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569258995468459072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154966857106348082006-08-07T12:07:00.000-04:002006-08-07T12:07:00.000-04:00No handshake suggestion but similiar guilt issues....No handshake suggestion but similiar guilt issues.....<BR/><BR/>When our first DI child was about 17 to 18 months old we started trying to have #2. When we would enter the infertility clinic (one of the big four or so here in Manhattan) we thought to put a t-shirt on our son that read I am an IVF baby (not totally accurate but enough) as we did not want to bring pain to the folks in the waiting room. <BR/><BR/>- Eric<BR/><BR/>p.s. Finding a sitter at 7am is impossible and my wife wanted me at the clinic with her.DI_Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269670525807343134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154964326098229252006-08-07T11:25:00.000-04:002006-08-07T11:25:00.000-04:00I think that some jewelry designing is in order.I think that some jewelry designing is in order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154963311768104882006-08-07T11:08:00.000-04:002006-08-07T11:08:00.000-04:00Oooh! I'm all for jewelry!A big, ruby uterus!Oooh! I'm all for jewelry!<BR/><BR/>A big, ruby uterus!Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1154962748022044462006-08-07T10:59:00.000-04:002006-08-07T10:59:00.000-04:00Can we get jewelry instead? When I was rushing th...Can we get jewelry instead? When I was rushing the sorority we had to wear these ugly/cheap pins constantly or face the wrath of the sisters. We should flip that around and have some fantastic, yet tasteful, image that we claim as our own. We can wear it on a necklace, as a pin, earrings, bedazzle it onto our pants... I would wear mine everywhere, like a becon calling out to my IF sisters, and a conversation starter when all the fertiles want to know where I got my gorgeous necklace (and I'd get to tell them that it came from the Land of IF, it's a residents only thing). Besides, those nifty handshakes are more of a guy thing. I don't shake hands when I meet people, not all the time at least, and not when I see a pregnant stranger and pretend she's one of us. And girls do love jewelry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com