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Has anyone ever had a fertility reading before?

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HannahAD · 13/04/2021 17:29

I have seen a few people on Etsy advertising fertility readings and was wondering if anyone had had one?

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wishes1111 · 14/04/2021 22:17

Please don't do this, in the kindest way possible. After my 4th miscarriage, I was desperate. I paid out nearly £100 in fertility readings and all of them promised a baby. I've since had another 7 miscarriages and none of the readings have been correct.

I do believe in psychics, tarot readers etc. Some people I believe have a gift but most of these people selling readings online prey on vulnerable women to fill their pockets.

Good luck to you on your TTC journey xx

bunglebee · 14/04/2021 22:20

If you want input that may be helpful, please pay for actual medical assessment on your fertility. A "fertility reading" is there to prey on your vulnerability with bullshit to extract cash from you.

Annannanna · 15/04/2021 09:42

There was an American lady on Facebook doing fertility readings for £5+ and a few of us on a ttc group I was following had a go. She told us all separately we would get bfp around April or May. I think she must tell everyone the same sort of thing and the chances are she will get it right some of the time.
She told my my sign to look out for would be a monkey and I saw loads of stuff on tv about monkeys in my tww so got a little excited but got bfn!

Annannanna · 15/04/2021 09:44

This was my reading x

Has anyone ever had a fertility reading before?
EmbarrassingMama · 15/04/2021 11:51

What an incomprehensible message from Andrea!?

Please don't do this. For a little bit more you can have a full fertility MOT for you and your partner at a hospital.

Suzie2287 · 15/04/2021 11:57

I was going to get one of these done but thought better of it. They are just taking advantage of desperate women. How can they possibly do a reading online without you being in person? I do believe in this kind of thing but there are a lot of people online who claim to do fertility readings but I just don’t think it’s a good idea.

choccrumpet · 15/04/2021 18:06

There's one on Etsy done by the Fertility Unicorn, reading costs under £4. I saw lots of forums talking about them, some feedback of saying it was correct and for some it didn't come true. I did one myself just for a bit of fun, so will see if it comes true or not! I'm not counting on it but I did for a bit of fun and it's something to look forward to as well, it's made me feel a bit hopeful, whether it happens or not. I don't think there's any harm in it as long as you can afford to do it, you do it for fun and don't put your heart into it 🤗 I wouldn't spend any more money on it though! Don't think it's worth it.

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HannahAD · 15/04/2021 21:47

I have been to hospital about my fertility but just thought it would be fun, not going to spend my money on it, realised I was being a bit silly x

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bitheby · 15/04/2021 22:00

Please note that nothing is set in stone.

Grin

I'm all for a bit of woo but these sound like charlatans.

youvegottenminuteslynn · 15/04/2021 22:03

These people make many of us so angry as they don't make the majority of their money from people treating it as 'a bit of fun', they make it from people who have been through trauma and / or are totally desperate for the outcome they hope for and is all consuming. To monetise that pain, make it transactional, all the while knowing they cannot know what's going to happen is so cruel and heartless. Again, if it really was just a bit of fun for the majority of their clients I would feel differently, but they know full well it isn't and that's so awful.

bunglebee · 15/04/2021 22:21

I mean, could it not be clearer that that "reading" is complete Barnum-statement rubbish? Everyone who gets a "fertility reading" wants to conceive and most people eventually will, so all you have to do is say "yes you will, in a small but not too small number of months" (no one is going to complain if they conceive earlier than "predicted"), throw in a gender prediction which you have 50% chance of being right and people will be so happy to be pregnant they won't care if it's wrong, and add a vague "xyz thing that you'll see around is a sign" thing to prime you to notice it, and bingo: cash from the exploitation of others' pain and desperation in a knowing fraud. I mean, there was a monkey in my Instagram feed today randomly and just now the Economist threw up a story about monkey-human hybrid embryos; if I desperately wanted to believe that monkeys were a sign I'd conceive, no doubt I would be seeing them everywhere.

Lisa19861985 · 06/03/2022 12:13

@HannahAD

I have seen a few people on Etsy advertising fertility readings and was wondering if anyone had had one?
I had one yesterday as am pregnant i wanted to know if I was going to have a healthy pregnancy and she told me that this pregnancy will end in a lost now am so scared
ThatsNotMyGolem · 06/03/2022 13:58

What an absolute charalatan that "psychic" was, @Lisa19861985. Please take no notice. I'm furious on your behalf.

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