A cikin tarihi, alamomin haihuwa sun zama cibiyar maidowa da lada ga iyaye masu zuwa. A kan tafiya ta sirri, Catherine Blackledge ta bayyana asirinsu masu ban mamaki da kuma labaran gaskiya a bayansu ...

"Don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, don Allah, bari in sami yaro mai lafiya, mai farin ciki," na yi magana yayin da na shimfiɗa hadaya ta ƙarshe ta ɓaure a gindin ƙatuwar allahn haihuwa. Ranar rana ce mai ban mamaki a farkon Satumba 2008, ina da shekaru 40 kuma har yanzu ban yi ciki ba.

Dole ne in warke daga wani baƙin ciki na watanni 12 na zubar da ciki, gazawar ƙoƙari na IVF da tiyatar mata, amma lokacin da abokina ya ba da shawarar Malta a matsayin wurin hutawa, abin da nake tunani shi ne: “Zan iya zuwa mashahuran haikalin haihuwa kuma in roƙi kowa. bari in zama uwa."

Don haka yanzu na kasance a Tarxien, tun da na duba siffofi na uwar allahiya a cikin gidan kayan tarihi na Valletta kuma na ziyarci tsoffin wuraren Hagar-Kim, Mnajdra da Ggantia tare da ɗakunansu masu lanƙwasa, masu kama da mahaifa.

Wadannan gine-gine masu tsarki su ne mafi dadewa a duniya - sun girmi pyramids da Stonehenge - kuma an gina su kimanin shekaru 4000 da suka wuce don girmama mata da kuma inganta haihuwa. Dole ne in gaskanta cewa manyan hotunansu na tarihi na iya taimaka mini ma.

Yana da daraja gwada komai lokacin da ba za ku iya ɗaukar ciki da ɗaukar jariri ba kafin ajali. A koyaushe ina sanya abin wuya na mai siffar jinjirin wata na azurfa mai alaƙa da haihuwa da kuma uwa; Na kuma kasance mai goyon bayan acupuncture, reflexology da magungunan ganye.

A cikin wannan mahallin, yin aikin hajji na sirri don sha'awar yawancin alamomin haihuwa gwargwadon yuwuwar hanya ce mai ma'ana. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa, watanni bakwai da suka gabata, a ranar Fabrairu mai sanyi da dusar ƙanƙara, lokacin da zaɓi ne mai wayo don isa gida da wuri-wuri, na shawo kan mijina ya ɗauki hanya don in kalli seela-na ta gaba. gig.

Sheela-na-gigs watakila sune shahararrun alamomin haihuwa a Turai. Masu zane-zane na zamanin da ne suka ƙera su daga dutse, waɗannan ƴan mata masu ban mamaki sun bayyana al'aurarsu da aka sassaƙa suna ƙawata majami'u da manyan gine-gine a Biritaniya, yammacin Faransa da arewacin Spain. Wasu suna tsugunne; wasu kuma suna shimfiɗa ƙafafu ko sanya su a gefen kwatangwalo; ma'aurata a cikin nau'i na maza.

Da yawa suna shimfiɗa baya ko kewaye, suna juyawa don ganin mafi kyau tsakanin ƙafafunsu; wasu ma suna daga kafafuwa har zuwa kunnuwansu. Daruruwan sassaƙaƙe sun haɗu da rashin kunya gaba ɗaya don nuna kasancewarsu mata.

Shila-na-gig da na ziyarta a wannan rana ta shahara da mafi kyawun al'aurar duk 'yan uwanta mata. Tana jingine jikin bangon Cocin Oxy a Wiltshire, ta miƙe tsaye ta yi ishara zuwa ga farjinta na ban mamaki, wanda aka siffanta shi a zahiri, yana miƙe daga gwaggo har zuwa idon sawu.

An gane waɗannan ayyuka masu ban mamaki da sahihanci a wuraren ibada da hukuma alamomin haihuwa akan na daruruwan shekaru. Wadanda ke iya kaiwa ga samun vulvas da aka goge ko goge bayan an shafe shekaru aru-aru ana taba su da hannaye masu kwantar da hankali.

Amma ko da ido an yi imanin ya isa ya taimaka: al'adar da ke kewaye da shela-in-concert a cocin St Michael's da ke Oxford yana buƙatar dukan amarya su kalli adadi a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa bikin aure. Ba zan iya taba taron shila-at-concert a cocin Oxy ba, don haka kawai na dube ta na nemi taimakon ta.

Tsoron da ke haifar da barazanar rashin haihuwa ya kasance a duniya. Dangane da haka, kowace wayewa a cikin tarihi ta haifar da alamun haihuwa don tabbatar da rayuwar al'ummomi masu zuwa. Da yawa, kamar alloli na Maltese, suna mai da hankali kan sifar mace ta tsiraici.

Mafi dadewa daga cikin waɗannan su ne mutum-mutumin zamanin Dutse na Venus. Wasu masu girman dabino ne kuma kamar an yi su ne don a riqe su da xaukar su, wasu kuma sun fi girma da sassaqe su cikin duwatsu; Ya zuwa yau, an gano fiye da mutane 200 a ko'ina cikin Turai da gabas, har zuwa Siberiya. Shahararriyar wadannan ita ce Venus na Willendorf, wata kyakkyawar siffa ce mai tsayi 11cm mai tsayin dutsen farar ƙasa wanda ke ba da kyan ƙirjinta, gindi da sifofin ciki da kuma farji na gaske.