11/03/2025
Farming, Fertility, and the Fine Art of Patience.
I love Agriculture right from high school days. Let's see how Fertility and Agriculture relates
There is something poetic about the way life begins. A rhythm. A quiet, persistent hum. And like all things that grow...crops, ideas, even revolutions...pregnancy, too, follows the laws of nature. It is farming. Yes, getting pregnant is farming. And a wise farmer does not merely throw seeds onto the earth and hope. A wise farmer prepares.
I understand your concerns about contraceptives and infertility. They are valid. And while studies exist, while data is plentiful, consensus is not always neatly itemized. Some things remain unsaid, not because they are unknown, but because medicine, like life, resists the comfort of absolutes.
So let us talk about fertility, about subfertility...the inability of a couple to conceive after twelve months of unprotected in*******se. And let us do so in the language of the land.
The Farmer’s Guide to Pregnancy
For every successful harvest, a farmer needs:
Good Land – The inner lining of the womb (endometrium), free of fibroids, clear of adhesions, ready for planting. A land that is too rocky will not support roots, and so, sometimes, the land must be harrowed, made smooth.
Good Seeds – The eggs. A farmer inspects seeds before planting, ensuring they are healthy, viable. We do the same in medicine. Good Water Supply – Semen. It must be abundant, rich, full of the nutrients that will sustain life. And, like water, it must be pure, free of toxins.
A Functional Watering System – The fallopian tubes. No farmer waters a field with a broken hose. No matter how good the seed, the land, the water...if the passage is blocked, nothing will grow.
And because farming is work...patient, deliberate work...both partners must farm together. The land alone does not birth the harvest. The seed alone does not sprout. The water alone does not sustain. It is cooperation. It is partnership.
What Farmers...and Parents Know
Not every planting season bears fruit.
Good farming requires a good consultant (an obstetrician).
When one season fails, a wise farmer does not curse the land. They try again.
And always, always, they pray for rain.
To all the women waiting, hoping, farming...sending you love. Soon, your land will bloom.
Cc: Dr Ose Etiobhoo.