Comments on: Going Green With Everything! (Except the Womb)

By: Nathan Lee

Nathan Lee — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:44:05 +0000

going green is always the best thing to do. it helps the environment a lot.~`”

By: Grateful for Grace

Grateful for Grace — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:34:29 +0000

Can’t figure out how to find KC.
That was supposed to say change, not chance.

Wanted to add: I know that many QFminded believe that we should go ahead anyway and trust the LORD with my life. That feels a lot like refusing medical help when a life is in danger to use, which we don’t agree with. While I know many don’t believe the AMA’s stance on multiple c-sections, we do. for themselvs and st

By: Grateful for Grace

Grateful for Grace — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:31:02 +0000

Just found this… so I’m REALLY late… I’ll look up KC, but I still wanted to post.
I have had 6 c-sections. The medical community has put serious fear and concern on my husband about me dying if I get pregnant again. He will not do it. We also do not believe in ‘permanant’ options. So, for now, in hopes that the medical community will chance it’s stance or our hearts about the danger, we use NFP. I know for the QF mindset, NFP is ‘wrong’. We see no other option. No sex forever doesn’t feel like the right call. Neither does putting my life in danger.

By: MamaNavyBrat7

MamaNavyBrat7 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:43:28 +0000

Tabitha:
““Children are like arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior, BLESSED is the man who’s quiver is FULL of them” it says FULL, a quiver was a pouch that held arrows and it held about a half dozen.”

You just made my day here. We decided on Essure after I have had 2 still born children (3 1/2 months early) and 18 miscarriages. The last almost sank me and I suffered months of severe depression and suicidal thoughts. I can not mentally or physically handle more. We are left from my 3 I came into the relationship with and his 4 he came into the relationship with (the still born children were his when we dated 15 years ago; 2 of the miscarriages were his 1 before the twins 1 last year). That is a combined 7. I don’t think of the kids differently even though 4 are only here every other weekend they are all ours. In the context of a quiver holding 6 ours is then overfull. You made me smile (hard to do these days). We also chose because of the effects of hormonal bc to just not have sex until everything is healed and closed. In the midst of the procedure last friday the dr discovered so much tubal scar tissue from my losses that had we not chosen Essure we would have likely had a tubal pregnancy anyways. Sometimes God leads us to a place of peace somewhere foreign to where we ever thought we would be. I never in a million years thought I’d have a tubal of any sort but God led us there (him first, me kicking and screaming poor me) and it was a place of protection from greater risk and harm.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:48:43 +0000

THAT’S their solution to stop global warming? More abortions? Who the devil are these insane freaks?

By: Phelicia

Phelicia — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:23:49 +0000

I just heard the most horrible thing on the radio. Apparently to be more green, more women need to have more abortions. This is the worst thing I have ever heard about how to stop global warming which is a lie any way based on bad science. But to use the environment to promote increasing the murder of the unborn is abhorrent at the most basic level. Better to have a millstone around their necks and cast into the sea than the reward these people are getting who take the lives of our children.

I don’t have a big family,(three girls) but if my health and finances permitted, I would have a dozen. Unfortunately that choice was taken away from me after a medical diagnosis six months after my youngest was born.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:17:42 +0000

“I want to trust my husband, and know he is the one accountable to God for our choices”

I disagree, he is not accountable for your own actions.

Great thoughts, Kelly.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:05:11 +0000

I want to trust God in this area, and think it sounds great on paper, but my husband doesn’t agree. He is a true believer, as am I, but he isn’t at a place to keep allowing kids into our family (we have three, 4 and under, 25 mos. and 22 months apart). My body is already tired, my husband is tired, we are fighting, disagreeing over things, and have been working on this for a long time. I am doing studies on being a wife of noble character, learning to respect and submit more as the Bible teaches. We definitely have worldly and feminist-influenced views about children being a burden more than a blessing. Of course we love our kids and they are a blessing- but my husband has decided that we are done with 3. He is planning on having the permanent operation, but I am just so worried about future regrets. He is more than sure that 3 is enough for us. I want to trust my husband, and know he is the one accountable to God for our choices- and he is ok with that. But I’m wondering, with just knowing that much about us, what do you say? I want to believe a big family is God’s choice for us, but am not sure we can handle it, and I have to follow my husband.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:57:30 +0000

I have 8 children. The last two- I was in my 40s. They are keeping me young. I had always heard stories that having lots of children makes one look old. I find the opposite to be true. When I see pictures of huge families, I always have trouble picking out the mom. She looks as young as her teen daughters.

Most of the rude comments I have had were from pastors and Christians. After our fourth child, our first boy was born, a lady asked me if my husband was getting fixed. I answered, “Why should we have him fixed; he isn’t broken. I don’t see any reason to have an operation on something that is obviously working like it should.” She was struck dumb.

I breastfed all my children and it helped to naturally space my children about every 2 and a half years apart. I have also had a couple miscarriages so the furtherest apart is 3 and a half yrs.
My husband and I saw that a lot of Christians gave God control over their finances and most other areas of their lives but they couldn’t give God control in one particular area. My husband and I made a conscience decision to let God have control of EVERY area of our lives and that included our bodies and reproduction. We let Him decide how many gifts that he wanted to give us and that number ended up to be 8.

By: Word Warrior

Word Warrior — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:25:11 +0000

Margaret,

You make an EXCELLENT point…totally agreed.