I had 3 miscarriages before I ever had children.
I wanted children. Having 3 is not what I would have chosen, but I was blessed to have them.
Don’t believe in abortion. That’s changed from my earlier years. I think the 3 miscarriages changed it for me.
I love children; however, I hate being pregnant!! It was always worth the trouble, but it was not easy for me.
Now I’m too old to have kids, but for many years I was always scared I’d get pregnant when I didn’t want to. In order for me to have kids, I had to be very careful. I had to take progesterone, and I’d have to start taking it after I ovulated, or I would miscarry. I hated the miscarriages. One of them was especially hard because I was 3 months along and had to have a DNC.
Honestly, I don’t think I would have ever had sex again if it weren’t for birth control. I could not handle getting pregnant again.
The Good Lord gave me 3 wonderful kids, and I feel very blessed with them!!
I’m protestant and had never heard/read arguments against birth control until only a few years ago after I joined Free Republic. I only heard to use it. I just knew the Catholic church was against birth control.
It’s been interesting reading differing opinions on the subject, but I hate seeing all the name calling and hate posts. I don’t think anyone deserves that. I do like reading about why people are against it and seeing their thought process. I understand it, but I don’t necessarily agree with it.
It’s also not in the Bible, so I think it’s something that must be prayed about.
I just think this thread has been very hostile.
Hi,
please do not take this the wrong way. I do not want to incite an argument, I just wanted to give you some info.
In your post you said you do like reading others’ perspectives on birth control, and then you said the Catholic teachings on it aren’t biblical. I just thought I’d refer you to here:
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=48711
It has some scriptural references as well as links to some other sites that you may find interesting.
Sounds like you are a good mother and made a medical decision where you had no real choice, risking perhaps death and leaving your children motherless, or straining a marriage to the breaking point and leaving them fatherless.
Don't let these ignorant self-congratulatory selfish self-centered luddites get to you. They destroy hundreds more souls than they could ever save becuase they lack one essential thing for all Christians, christian charity. They don't even do it with Christ's teachings but with the old testament teachings that Christ tried to soften and mitigate (let he who is without sin cast the first stone - go and sin no more, you know, that sort of charity).