Signs of Fertility in Women

We continue to follow Meltem E. Santur's research on traditions of Hatay Turkmens. Although increasingly rare, following are still used by midwives of the Turkmen villages in Hatay. Women with,

• thin blood vessels (Hidirbey, Paslikaya),
• hard belly (Karsu),
• ovarian veins not working (Paslikaya),
• hard (Kuzuculu), higher (Paslikaya), narrow (Paslikaya), small (Senkoy) or contracted (Senkoy) uterus

are considered potentially infertile or will have difficulties in getting pregnant.

We can summarize the signs of fertility in women as,

• curved veins (Hidirbey),
• low uterus (Hıdirbey ),
• swollen uterus when sick, caught cold (Hidirbey, Paslikaya, Senkoy),
• entrance of uterus is closed (Karatas),
• high uterus (Kuzuculu),
• tangled veins (Kuzuculu),
• uterus turns[1] (Paslikaya),
• smoke[2] veins touching uterus, as such that if husband or wife smokes, pregnancy will not occur (Senkoy).

[1] Do not ask, I do not know.
[2] pure superstition