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fertility jewelry, necklaces, earrings and fertility bracelets

Handcrafted Fertility Jewelry to support those trying to conceive by Artisan Kimberly de Montbrun
Fertility Bracelets and Necklaces

each handmade piece is packaged in an organza jewelry bag and a descriptive story card

All jewelry design, poetry and texts are protected by international copyright law.
Copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun

Fertility Jewelry

Fertility Bracelet
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Our fertility bracelets are currently featured in Conceive Magazine!
fertility bracelet

Delicate rose quartz and moonstone beads are caught between pewter bead caps and strung on hand-linked sterling silver. A pewter rope toggle and pewter turtle charm complete the bracelet.

Moonstone is said to have powers that aid in nurturing receptivity and balancing of the emotions. I included them in my fertility bracelet to help prepare the mama-to-be to welcome new life into her body, and into her life.

Rose quartz are the beads of love and fertility. They are said to help promote pregnancy and to protect the mother and unborn fetus from miscarriage.

Turtles are a potent symbol of both protection and fertility.

All of the pewter I use in my bracelets is lead-free, and completely safe for wear.

This is a perfect gift for a new bride, someone you know who has been trying, or a gift for yourself.

$49.99 USD Pewter Caps & Charm

$59.99 USD Sterling Caps & Charm

Above: Our Pewter Fertility Bracelet
Detail from our Sterling Fertility Bracelet
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Above: Our Sterling Fertility Bracelet
What our customers are saying about our fertility bracelet:

"Hello, I want to let you know that my daughter has been trying to conceive for almost a year. I gave her one of your moonstone and rose quartz bracelets in July and 2 weeks ago she told us she is pregnant and due in April. Coincidence? I just want to send my thanks and thought you might like to know. I will be ordering your pregnancy bracelet for her. " - Linda (Aug. 31)

"Also FYI the bracelet worked, I am preggie after 3 years of trying!" - Jess

"I just wanted to tell you how thrilled I have been with my Fertility Bracelet...and it worked!!! My husband and I have been trying for 3 years to get pregnant and after multiple fertility treatments, I got this bracelet on our last try and I'm pregnant!! I wear it everyday and put it under my pillow at night....It's a beautiful piece of jewelry and it's magic!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!" - Tiffany

"I've meant to email you for sometime now, my wife and I became pregnant while I was home on leave from Iraq back in June! I can't say for sure it was due to your bracelet, however, it is definitely quite a COINCIDENCE!! I just wanted to send you a quick email to tell you the great news and to say THANK YOU! " - Jeff

Kimberly is a certified level 2 Reiki practitioner and would be glad to send a Reiki healing treatment free with any bracelet ordered, contact her to find out more about Reiki and how it works. If you would like this option, just type Reiki in your shopping cart.




Fertility Pendant Necklace
Fertilty Pendant Necklace

A waterfall of tiny gemstone beads dangle from a sterling box chain, delicately framing a perfectly tiny sterling silver sea turtle.

The gemstones contained in this necklace are moonstones and rose quartz. Moonstone aids receptivity, and will help to prepare the mother-to-be to welcome a new life into her body, and the new phase of life that comes with conception. It is an overall promoter of female reproductive health.

Rose quartz beads are said to help promote and support a new pregnancy and protect the tender new life from miscarriage. They are also a gentle stone, providing us with love and compassion, balancing our emotions through our often turbulent journey to conceive a much wanted baby.

Our turtle is a powerful symbol of both fertility and protection. A sea turtle lays anywhere from 50-150 eggs at a time, our hope is that she may bestow her fruitfulness on the wearer! In Native American culture the turtle represents strength, patience and the power to endure and persevere. All gifts that we need on our journey, while we wait until the moment we can cradle our miracle babies in our arms.

$36.00 USD

The following meditation will be included on a card with your necklace:

In my life I now have room
to nourish a babe within my womb
and to my arms a welcome nest
and comfort waiting at my breast.

An it harm none, and cause none strife
my belly to swell and ripen new life
a babe to grow strong within me
as I will, so mote it be!

jewelry design, text and poetry
copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved




fertility turtle amulet necklace
Fertility Amulet Necklace

A solid nugget of Rose quartz dangles from a sterling hammered and delicately stamped ring.Rose quartz is said to help promote and support a new pregnancy and protect the tender new life from miscarriage. They are also a gentle stone, providing us with love and compassion, balancing our emotions through our often turbulent journey to conceive a much wanted baby.

The sterling silver Hill Tribe turtle is a powerful symbol of both fertility and protection. A sea turtle lays anywhere from 50-150 eggs at a time, our hope is that she may bestow her fruitfulness on the wearer! In Native American culture the turtle represents strength, patience and the power to endure and persevere. All gifts that we need on our journey, while we wait until the moment we can cradle our miracle babies in our arms.

The moonstone leaf aids receptivity, and will help to prepare the mother-to-be to welcome a new life into her body, and the new phase of life that comes with conception. It is an overall promoter of female reproductive health.

Comes on your choice of an 18" sterling silver ball chain or a natural knotted adustable soft and supple Greek leather cord.

$39.00 USD - Leather

$47.00 USD - Sterling ball chain




fertility bracelet with charms and leather
Fertility Talisman Bracelet

Supple and soft natural greek leather is the backdrop for this bracelet. A handcrafted and hammered sterling silver tag spells out "baby dust" , but can be customised with your own special message (some examples: hope, believe, fertility, fertile blessings, jane + joe). Several charms with powerful fertility symbolism and energies are carefully knotted onto the band :

Rose quartz: is said to help promote and support a new pregnancy and protect the tender new life from miscarriage. They are also a gentle stone, providing us with love and compassion, balancing our emotions through our often turbulent journey to conceive a much wanted baby.

The sterling silver turtle is a powerful symbol of both fertility and protection. A sea turtle lays anywhere from 50-150 eggs at a time, our hope is that she may bestow her fruitfulness on the wearer! In Native American culture the turtle represents strength, patience and the power to endure and persevere. All gifts that we need on our journey, while we wait until the moment we can cradle our miracle babies in our arms.

The moonstone charm aids receptivity, and will help to prepare the mother-to-be to welcome a new life into her body, and the new phase of life that comes with conception. It is an overall promoter of female reproductive health.

This bracelet exudes a primal and powerful energy.

$59.99 US

message to be engraved on sterling tag:



Fertility Tracker Bracelet
fertility tracking bracelet

A customised bracelet created for your unique fertility cycle, perfect for tracking your cycle when you are trying to conceive. Created from sterling silver accents and toggle, and genuine semi-precious gems. The bracelet pictured is of the typical 28 days cycle with ovulation falling on day 14.

Seven moonstone beads mark the pre-fertile days of your cycle, including menstruation. Moonstone aids receptivity, and will help to prepare the mother-to-be to welcome a new life into her body, and the new phase of life that comes with conception.It is also a wonderful stone for helping to balance the turbulent emotions that menstruation can often bring, and balances PMS symptoms. It is an overall promoter of female reproductive health.

Clear Quartz crystal beads mark the fertile days of your cycle. Quartz is an overall energy booster, helping to improve the flow of "chi" energy, and to promote the vibrations of the other stones in the bracelet. It is an overall healer and will help to address any other healing issues that need to occur in the mind, body and spirit.

Ovulation is marked by a sterling silver bead with the chinese kanji symbol for "chi", which means life energy. In Eastern Medecine it is believed that every living creature contains this life energy, and it is required from each parent in order to create new life.

The last phase of the fertility cycle is marked by 12 rose quartz beads. Rose quartz beads are said to help promote and support a new pregnancy and protect the tender new life from miscarriage.

Our standard bracelet is as shown in the photo:
7 pre-fertile days
9 fertile days, incuding ovulation (7 before, 2 after)
12 post-ovulation luteal phase days

Our custom bracelet can be made to reflect your own unique cycle.Just choose the custom bracelet and in the special instructions section of the shopping cart let us know the details of your cycle (ie. 32 day cycle, ovulation on day 17). We will work with you to create the perfect piece.

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Tracker Bracelet FAQ

How do I use the tracker bracelet?
To use your tracker you simply move the charm one bead each day, starting at the space before the first moonstone bead on the first day that menstruation begins.

What if my cycle isn't 28 days? What if I don't ovulate on day 14?
We can customise the beads to reflect your unique cycle. Just choose the custom bracelet and in the special instructions section of the shopping cart let us know the details of your cycle (ie. 32 day cycle, ovulation on day 17).

What charms are available?
We offer three choices of charms, each with a different symbolic meaning.

butterfly:To the Greeks the butterfly was the symbol of the soul, and it was believed that each butterfly was a human soul searching for a new incarnation. The Celts also believed that butterflies were new souls seeking life. They believed that a woman became pregnant by swallowing these tiny butterfly souls.They are the hope that we may swallow that butterfly soul searching for us, and hold a baby in our bodies and in our arms

turtle: Turtles are a potent symbol of both protection and fertility.

hope: A sterling silver message dangle with the word "hope" engraved. A positive symbol to remind you to keep your hope strong within you.

disclaimer: all bead properties listed here are purely metaphysical and should not be used in replacement to traditional medical advice. Always consult your doctor with any medical problems.




Rose Quartz Fertility Spiral Earrings
rose quartz fertility earrings

Unless you are looking for it, you would never guess that these are anything but funky whimsical earrings. But look just a little closer...that's right, there are two little swimmers headed towards 2 eggs. The eggs are fashioned of spirals symbolising their powerful and unending cycle of rebirth. Handcrafted in sterling silver with Rose quartz beads to lend their fertility and creative energies to the wearer.

$19.99 US

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all rights reserved




fertility symbol pewter necklaces
Pewter Fertility Pendant Necklaces

The power of each phase of a woman's fertile life depicted in our series of unique pewter pendants. From fertility, to birthing to nursing . Pewter pendants strung on satin cord in your choice of black or purple. Available in both full necklace and choker lengths. Silver barrel clasps secure the necklace.

Our fertility theme pendants come with one of the following description cards:

fertility goddess: This Goddess of Abundance pendant is in full bloom! With flowers located over her breasts and womb she offers the wearer her promise of fruitfulness.

fertility symbol/Akua’ba: Asante Fertility Doll, In the Asante tribe a girl’s entire life is a preparation for motherhood. In order to ensure that a girl could become a mother she would care for the Akua’ba doll as if it were a real child. She would feed it, rock it, sing to it and carry it on her back as she would the baby she longed for. Caring for Akua’ba is said to ensure conception.

ING Fertility Rune: An ancient symbol of fertility, the rune ING promises a successful conclusion and a sense of relief. This Rune marks a time of positive energies, and deliverance to the wearer. ING carries the promise of the renewal of life, of blossoming relationships and of success in fertility.

$16.00 US

pendant:
length:
cord colour:
fertility goddess fertility symbol
Fertility goddess
Fertility symbol
birthing goddess fertility rune charm
Birthing Goddess
Spiral of Eternal Life
Fertility Rune
nile river goddess
Nile River
Goddess




Fertility Goddess Earrings
fertility goddess earrings

Flower adorned fertility goddesses hold up beads fashioned of rose quartz, a semi-precious gemstone reknowned for it's fertility energies. Beautiful and potent symbols for the trying to conceive mama-to-be, or those who just want to celebrate the creative nurturing energy in us all.

Silver plated french hoops, sterling silver wire, rose quartz beads, pewter pendants.

$19.00 US/pair




Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Jewelry
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Butterfly
Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Necklace

The butterfly has long been a powerful symbol across many cultures. It is a symbol of transformation, of the spirit and the soul, and of the unending cycle of life and death.

To the Greeks the butterfly was the symbol of the soul, and it was believed that each butterfly was a human soul searching for a new incarnation. The Celts also believed that butterflies were new souls seeking life. They believed that a woman became pregnant by swallowing these tiny butterfly souls.

Early Christians also believed that the butterfly was a powerful symbol of the soul.

The metamorphosis of the butterfly is a powerful symbol in so many ways for us when we are grieving. They are the beautiful tiny spark of life that came to us, lighted in our lives for a too brief moment before fluttering away. They are the hope that the transformation that loss brings into our life, can result in something different, something beautiful. We may not be the same at the end of our journey, but we have grown, we are able to see things that we could not before. They are the hope that we may swallow that butterfly soul searching for us, and hold a baby in our bodies and in our arms once more.

All metal used to create this necklace is Sterling Silver. I have included a blue agate and a rose quartz chip for their healing properties.

Rose Quartz is the stone of love and emotional healing. It's soothing energies gently help the wearer to heal from their loss, to ease their anger, hurt, pain and fears. It promotes forgiveness, and loving, bringing back an emotional balance. It is a kind and gentle stone, nurturing us through our times of need.

Blue lace agate is a protective stone, guarding us during our grief from negativity. It's gift is the endowment of a "bold heart". It helps us to develop and realise our inner peace. It is a stone of hope, cleansing, and harmony. Blue lace agate helps us to reach high spiritual places, connecting us to the more subtle energies found in the spiritual realm. It is also a kind and gentle stone, protecting us during our time of vulnerability and grief.

These stone were also chosen for their colours, baby blue and baby pink. Many of us do not know the sex of the babies we have lost, and I wanted something that would symbolise all of our losses. Baby pink and blue are also the colours of the pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness ribbon.

Each pendant can be customised with a swarovski crystal bead in the colour of your choice. Some mothers prefer the stone of the intended due date, while others prefer the colour of the month of the baby's loss. Neither choice is wrong. If you are unsure, or are purchasing this as a gift, you may also choose a rose quartz bead that is said to be the stone of love and healing of emotional pain.

Each necklace is sent in an organza jewelry bag, with the above description, as well as a poem card of your selection from the left.

Butterfly Necklace and one Birthstone
$34.00 US

Add another swarovski crystal month charm to your pendant to honour multiple pregnancies and infants who have been lost.

$2.50 ea.(with pendant necklace only)

jewelry design, text and poetry
copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved
Butterfly Miscarriage Necklace

Poem #1

My Butterfly

I long to feel the soft weight of you
to welcome you home, with kisses
on silky round cheeks.

Instead my arms ache with the
weight of your absence,
the empty places that were meant for you
to grow into.

My love for you will last an eternity
My hopes and dreams now carried
on the fragile wings of each butterfly passing
compelling me to pause,
to savour each moment,

each flutter in my heart-
your wings.

Poem #2

all my hopes and dreams
now carried on butterfly wings




Butterfly Miscarriage Bracelet
Butterfly
Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial
Healing Gemstone Bracelet

The butterfly has long been a powerful symbol across many cultures. It is a symbol of transformation, of the spirit and the soul, and of the unending cycle of life and death.

To the Greeks the butterfly was the symbol of the soul, and it was believed that each butterfly was a human soul searching for a new incarnation. The Celts also believed that butterflies were new souls seeking life. They believed that a woman became pregnant by swallowing these tiny butterfly souls.

Early Christians also believed that the butterfly was a powerful symbol of the soul.

The metamorphosis of the butterfly is a powerful symbol in so many ways for us when we are grieving. They are the beautiful tiny spark of life that came to us, lighted in our lives for a too brief moment before fluttering away. They are the hope that the transformation that loss brings into our life, can result in something different, something beautiful. We may not be the same at the end of our journey, but we have grown, we are able to see things that we could not before. They are the hope that we may swallow that butterfly soul searching for us, and hold a baby in our bodies and in our arms once more.

All metal used to create this bracelet is Sterling Silver. I have included a blue agate and a rose quartz chip for their healing properties.

Rose Quartz is the stone of love and emotional healing. It's soothing energies gently help the wearer to heal from their loss, to ease their anger, hurt, pain and fears. It promotes forgiveness, and loving, bringing back an emotional balance. It is a kind and gentle stone, nurturing us through our times of need.

Blue lace agate is a protective stone, guarding us during our grief from negativity. It's gift is the endowment of a "bold heart". It helps us to develop and realise our inner peace. It is a stone of hope, cleansing, and harmony. Blue lace agate helps us to reach high spiritual places, connecting us to the more subtle energies found in the spiritual realm. It is also a kind and gentle stone, protecting us during our time of vulnerability and grief.

These stone were also chosen for their colours, baby blue and baby pink. Many of us do not know the sex of the babies we have lost, and I wanted something that would symbolise all of our losses. Baby pink and blue are also the colours of the pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness ribbon.

Each bracelet can be customised with a swarovski crystal bead in the colour of your choice, which dangles from a dainty butterfly. Some mothers prefer the stone of the intended due date, while others prefer the colour of the month of the baby's loss. Neither choice is wrong. If you are unsure, or are purchasing this as a gift, you may also choose a rose quartz bead that is said to be the stone of love and healing of emotional pain.

Each bracelet is sent in an organza jewelry bag, with the above description, as well as a poem card of your selection from the left.

Butterfly Bracelet and one Birthstone
$68.99 US

Add another swarovski crystal month charm to your butterfly bracelet to honour multiple pregnancies and infants who have been lost.

$2.50 ea.

jewelry design, text and poetry
copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved

Poem #1

My Butterfly

I long to feel the soft weight of you
to welcome you home, with kisses
on silky round cheeks.

Instead my arms ache with the
weight of your absence,
the empty places that were meant for you
to grow into.

My love for you will last an eternity
My hopes and dreams now carried
on the fragile wings of each butterfly passing
compelling me to pause,
to savour each moment,

each flutter in my heart-
your wings.

Poem #2

all my hopes and dreams
now carried on butterfly wings




Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Bracelet
Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart
Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Bracelet

Losing a baby is one of the most devastating events that can happen in a woman's life - and one of the least acknowledged. A mother who has lost a pregnancy or infant is a grieving mother, and her loss should be recognised.

I created this bracelet to help comfort and soothe grieving mothers. To keep their memories close, and to help them heal from their loss.

I have carefully selected each and every piece of this bracelet, for their healing properties and their inherent symbolism.

Rose Quartz is the stone of love and emotional healing. It's soothing energies gently help the wearer to heal from their loss, to ease their anger, hurt, pain and fears. It promotes forgiveness, and loving, bringing back an emotional balance. It is a kind and gentle stone, nurturing us through our times of need.

Blue lace agate is a protective stone, guarding us during our grief from negativity. It's gift is the endowment of a "bold heart". It helps us to develop and realise our inner peace. It is a stone of hope, cleansing, and harmony. Blue lace agate helps us to reach high spiritual places, connecting us to the more subtle energies found in the spiritual realm. It is also a kind and gentle stone, protecting us during our time of vulnerability and grief.

These stone were also chosen for their colours, baby blue and baby pink. Many of us do not know the sex of the babies we have lost, and I wanted something that would symbolise all of our losses. Baby pink and blue are also the colours of the pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness ribbon.

Each bracelet can be customised with a charm in the colour of your choice. Some mothers prefer the stone of the intended due date, while others prefer the colour of the month of the baby's loss. Neither choice is wrong. If you are unsure, or are purchasing this as a gift, you may also choose a rose quartz heart bead to symbolise your healing heart.

Each bracelet is made of sterling silver and genuine gem stones and features a charm crafted of sterling silver and swarovski crystal or rose quartz (please see our birthstone colour chart). Each order will be shipped with an organza jewelry gift bag and a card that reads:

Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart

When a baby arrives,
be it for a day, a month, a year or more,
or perhaps only a sweet flickering moment-
the fragile spark of a tender soul
the secret swell of a new pregnancy
the goldfish flutter known to only you-
you are unmistakeningly changed...
the tiny footprints left behind on your heart
bespeak your name as Mother.

now includes free personalisation of 4 numbers or letters.(we suggest initials, gestation (ie.6wks) )

Tiny Footprints Bracelet and one Birthstone Charm
$68.99 US


enter personalisation (if none, leave blank)
(4 characters maximum)

Add another swarovski crystal birthstone bead dangle to your bracelet (up to 3 more) to honour multiple pregnancies and infants who have been lost.

$2.50 ea.(with bracelet only)


To personalise your pendant (more than the 5 characters already included), many customers choose to add a plain sterling silver heart charm to the back of their pendant. We can fit three lines of characters (9-8-5) on this charm. Please enter your custom message below, for extra lines please leave blank.

Plain Sterling Silver Heart Charm
$26.00


Line 1(max 9 characters)
Line 2 (max 8 characters)
Line 3 max (5 characters)

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copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved

Baby feet Heart
Back View of the Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart Charm for Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss, showing examples of the free personalisation option, included with the bracelet.




Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Pendant
Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart
Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Pendant Necklace


Losing a baby is one of the most devastating events that can happen in a woman's life - and one of the least acknowledged. A mother who has lost a pregnancy or infant is a grieving mother, and her loss should be recognised as fully as any other loss of a loved one. What can be more beloved to a mother than her baby?

I created this pendant to help grieving mothers remember their babies. To keep their memories close, and to help them heal from their loss.

Each pendant can be customised with a charm in the colour of your choice. Some mothers prefer the stone of the intended due date, while others prefer the colour of the month of the baby's loss. Neither choice is wrong. If you are unsure, or are purchasing this as a gift, you may also choose a rose quartz bead that is said to be the stone of love and healing of emotional pain.

Each pendant will come strung on an 18" sterling silver box chain. The pendants are crafted of sterling silver and feature a charm of sterling silver and swarovski crystal or rose quartz (please see our birthstone colour chart). Each order will be shipped with an organza jewelry gift bag and a card that reads:

Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart

When a baby arrives,
be it for a day, a month, a year or more,
or perhaps only a sweet flickering moment-
the fragile spark of a tender soul
the secret swell of a new pregnancy
the goldfish flutter known to only you-
you are unmistakeningly changed...
the tiny footprints left behind on your heart
bespeak your name as Mother.

now includes free personalisation of 4 numbers or letters.(we suggest initials, gestation (ie.6wks) )

Tiny Footprints Pendant and one Birthstone Charm
$29.50 US


enter personalisation (if none, leave blank)
(5 characters maximum)

Add another swarovski crystal birthstone bead dangle to your pendant (up to 3 more) to honour multiple pregnancies and infants who have been lost.

$2.50 ea.(with pendant necklace only)

To personalise your pendant (more than the 5 characters already included), many customers choose to add a plain sterling silver heart charm to the back of their pendant. We can fit three lines of characters (9-8-5) on this charm. Please enter your custom message below, for extra lines please leave blank.

Plain Sterling Silver Heart Charm
$26.00


Line 1(max 9 characters)
Line 2 (max 8 characters)
Line 3 max (5 characters)

jewelry design, text and poetry
copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved

Back View of the Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart Charm for Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss, showing examples of the free personalisation option, included with the pendant necklace.




Tiny Footprints on a Mother's / Father's Heart
Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Keychain

Losing a baby during pregnancy or infancy is a life shattering event that affects the entire family. So often we focus on only the mother's pain while forgetting the father, whose grief is usually more masked and silent in an effort to be strong and keep everything together so that he can continue to support the mother.

Fathers grieve their lost babies too, they just may not tell us about it. And as much as you may think he has forgotten, he hasn't.

Although perfectly suitable for mothers or fathers who have lost a baby, I created this piece in response to enormous quantity of requests for something that would be suitable for fathers to carry with them to honour their babies and to keep their memories close to them.

Each keychain can be customised with a charm in the colour of your choice. Some parents prefer the stone of the intended due date, while others prefer the colour of the month of the baby's loss. Neither choice is wrong. If you are unsure, or are purchasing this as a gift, you may also choose a rose quartz heart bead to symbolise your healing heart, or no charm at all.

Each keychain is made of sterling silver chain, and a sterling silver tiny footprints heart and a charm crafted of sterling silver and swarovski crystal or rose quartz (please see our birthstone colour chart). The key holder itself is base metal. Each order will be shipped with an organza jewelry gift bag and your choice of a card that reads:

Tiny Footprints on a Father's Heart

When a baby arrives,
be it for a day, a month, a year or more,
or perhaps only a sweet flickering moment-
the fragile spark of a tender soul
the secret swell of her new pregnancy
the new glow of her skin; known to only you-
you are unmistakeningly changed...
the tiny footprints left behind on your heart
bespeak your name as Father.

OR

Tiny Footprints on a Mother's Heart

When a baby arrives,
be it for a day, a month, a year or more,
or perhaps only a sweet flickering moment-
the fragile spark of a tender soul
the secret swell of a new pregnancy
the goldfish flutter known to only you-
you are unmistakeningly changed...
the tiny footprints left behind on your heart
bespeak your name as Mother.

jewelry design, text and poetry
copyright 2005 Kimberly de Montbrun
all rights reserved

Back View of the Tiny Footprints on a Mother's/Father's Heart Charm for Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss, showing examples of the free personalisation option, included with the KeyChain.

Tiny Footprints Keychain and one Birthstone Charm
$22.00 US

now includes free personalisation of 4 numbers or letters.(we suggest initials, gestation (ie.6wks) )


enter personalisation (if none, leave blank)
(4 characters maximum)

Add another birthstone bead dangle to your keychain to honour multiple pregnancies and infants who have been lost.

$2.50 ea.(with bracelet only)