3 Things you must know before buying a fertility bracelet.

Are you thinking of buying a fertility bracelet to help you get pregnant? We were infertile for over 7 years and tried all sorts of things. Before you go out and start spending any money on a fertility bracelet please consider the following three things:

1. There are no scientific facts or studies indicating that they actually work.

Many cultures have believed that certain gems contain natural fertility energies that help women to conceive. In fact, in some cultures, girls sew fertility stones into their garments as a token of reaching womanhood. But that doesn’t mean they actually work. For centuries women have been wearing all sorts of gems, stones, and other jewelry hoping that the energy from those stones will help them get pregnant.

Although science hasn’t proven their effectiveness, many women swear that fertility bracelets have helped them, but there’s no way to prove this.

Whether they work or not for you is entirely your opinion. Fertility bracelets may simply give a woman more confidence or work simply because a woman thinks it is going to work, i.e. the placebo effect. Before you spend money on a fertility bracelet, be aware that it may do nothing more than make you think you have found an answer.

2. What will people think when they see you are trying to get pregnant?

As people notice your fertility bracelet and figure out that you are trying to conceive, you’ll probably receive some curious or even impertinent responses. Total strangers may give you all sorts of unsolicited, or even offensive advice, which you already know anyway. For example:

Don’t you know how to get pregnant?

You’ve been married how long and you haven’t figured it out yet?

Just stop worrying about it so much, and you’ll get pregnant.

Total strangers have told us all sorts of obnoxious things when they found out we were trying to get pregnant. We’ve also been asked things that strangers just shouldn’t ask. When you wear a fertility bracelet, you do run the risk of it being a conversation-starter when you wish it wasn’t.

3. Most Internet vendors who sell fertility bracelets are actually trying to sell you a fertility drug, too.

Be careful to research any fertility drugs you intend to use, especially if they’re bought on discount. Just because other women who purchased bracelets also purchased a certain drug, does not necessarily mean that the drug enhances the effectiveness of the bracelet, or vice versa.

Even if you get pregnant while wearing a fertility bracelet, you probably won’t ever know for sure if the bracelet was responsible or not. There is no scientific evidence of their effectiveness—no matter what cultural traditions or ancient Chinese medicine may say.

So before buying a fertility bracelet, remember that there’s no scientific proof of their effectiveness, that you may attract undesired attention, and that you may become a target of Internet drug marketing. Whatever your decision, good luck in your quest for a baby.