The Fertility Cave

By JT Lawrence

We pulled into a makeshift parking lot in the middle of a huge herd of sheep. There were two or three cars, but not a cave or another person in sight. We watched the sheep for a while, not sure what to do, when we saw people walk past us, making their way up the hill. That's when we realised that we would be working hard for our little bit of fertility magic: we had to hike to get to the cave.

 

I don't know what I was expecting. Perhaps something like the virility cave we saw in Thailand: a short, easy walk on a beach and voila! a huge cavern full of phallic symbols. You giggle and admire them while someone chops open a coconut cocktail for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JT Lawrence
• Release date: Aug 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201055967

JT Lawrence

JT Lawrence is an author, playwright and bookdealer based in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. She is the mother of two small boys and lives in a house with a red front door.

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The Fertility Cave

JT Lawrence

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Author’s Note:

This is an adapted excerpt of ‘The Underachieving Ovary’ — a (very!) personal memoir I wrote about my struggle to conceive.

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‘So, about your devil womb,' the Big Friendly Giant said in his Dutch accent (but not in so many words), "it's freaky, and