Great article. Thank you for writing this!! I read taking charge of you fertility when I was 20 because birth control made me suicidal. I met my husband at 24 and he was always on board with NFP. He believed that the pill messed with pheromones, and thought they were bad for you. Now we know he was right!
Peachy! This was fantastic! I, too, suffered the miscarriage of our first child (I’m so sorry for your loss), and decided that getting pregnant again immediately was what was needed. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without NFP, and restorative reproductive medicine (RRM) trained doctors, like those who practice NaProTechnology. There’s so much potential for drawing women in from all walks of life into the truths written into our bodies, which is why I’m the editor of a site called NaturalWomanhood.org that approaches this topic from an evidence-based perspective. Please check us out!
My greatest regrets are starting my wife on birth control pills, waiting to start having kids, and not having more of them. The pill transformed my wife physically and mentally even after quitting them.. I have 2 beautiful kids that everyone tells me are dream kids and I wish I had a 3rd or 4th, alas that ship has sailed. My advice to my kids and to anyone else is have kids before you are fully ready (I felt fully ready at 30 my wife was 33) and have at least 3. Children are a gift and one of my greatest joys that also sometimes make me crazy. I like what the Weinsteins said, "Children destroy your life and replace it with a better one." Parenthood altered the course of my life and made me a better man, more patient, more motivated, more forgiving. That so many people voluntarily deprive themselves of one of God's greatest gifts boggles the mind. A childless friend of mine told me how he (I kid you not) has better socks and more guns than me because he doesn't have to waste money on kids...as he lays on his death bed I hope his guns and socks offer him comfort.
Thank you for writing this. I wish I would have read this article 20 years ago. Children are a gift. The Lord has given women such a special ability to grow life in us.
Meh. Lots of women in the yoga/new age/earth-mother-goddess/raw vegan/re-wilding subcultures have been doing this for a long time. They even "cycle sync" their fitness routines, social lives and work schedules (if they own their own businesses).
As the 9th of 10 children, I can speak with some authority on this; humans are not capable of properly pro-creating without intervention. What? Do you think we’ve been doing this for millions of years or something? Btw - really liked your piece in Newsweek as well.
Well, I shall not let this slandering of IUDs pass. They ain’t all made equal. Wish I’d gold-plated and turned into a necklace the one I had in place for 17 years until it was the perfect moment to have it removed.
Great article. Thank you for writing this!! I read taking charge of you fertility when I was 20 because birth control made me suicidal. I met my husband at 24 and he was always on board with NFP. He believed that the pill messed with pheromones, and thought they were bad for you. Now we know he was right!
Peachy! This was fantastic! I, too, suffered the miscarriage of our first child (I’m so sorry for your loss), and decided that getting pregnant again immediately was what was needed. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without NFP, and restorative reproductive medicine (RRM) trained doctors, like those who practice NaProTechnology. There’s so much potential for drawing women in from all walks of life into the truths written into our bodies, which is why I’m the editor of a site called NaturalWomanhood.org that approaches this topic from an evidence-based perspective. Please check us out!
My greatest regrets are starting my wife on birth control pills, waiting to start having kids, and not having more of them. The pill transformed my wife physically and mentally even after quitting them.. I have 2 beautiful kids that everyone tells me are dream kids and I wish I had a 3rd or 4th, alas that ship has sailed. My advice to my kids and to anyone else is have kids before you are fully ready (I felt fully ready at 30 my wife was 33) and have at least 3. Children are a gift and one of my greatest joys that also sometimes make me crazy. I like what the Weinsteins said, "Children destroy your life and replace it with a better one." Parenthood altered the course of my life and made me a better man, more patient, more motivated, more forgiving. That so many people voluntarily deprive themselves of one of God's greatest gifts boggles the mind. A childless friend of mine told me how he (I kid you not) has better socks and more guns than me because he doesn't have to waste money on kids...as he lays on his death bed I hope his guns and socks offer him comfort.
She probably had faded Coexist and I’m Still With Her bumper stickers on her 2010 Prius.
Mrs. Peachy, another comedy bullseye!!
She looked like the proud mother to many cats.
LOLz
Thank you for writing this. I wish I would have read this article 20 years ago. Children are a gift. The Lord has given women such a special ability to grow life in us.
See the Couple to Couple League at https://ccli.org/ for actual classes on Natural Family Planning.
Perfect and loving.
Meh. Lots of women in the yoga/new age/earth-mother-goddess/raw vegan/re-wilding subcultures have been doing this for a long time. They even "cycle sync" their fitness routines, social lives and work schedules (if they own their own businesses).
I was probably not your target audience for this post, but everything you write is delightful.
As the 9th of 10 children, I can speak with some authority on this; humans are not capable of properly pro-creating without intervention. What? Do you think we’ve been doing this for millions of years or something? Btw - really liked your piece in Newsweek as well.
Well, I shall not let this slandering of IUDs pass. They ain’t all made equal. Wish I’d gold-plated and turned into a necklace the one I had in place for 17 years until it was the perfect moment to have it removed.
Jack Lippes, I owe you everything.