Frustrated with NFP. Help!

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I take the counterpoise of some advises here.

More, weaning for just having regular cycles isn’t a guarantee at all.
 
For you…maybe.

Frankly, nursing is not for everyone.

It’s counterproductive and can be damaging to suggest one nurses beyond all costs.

It was for me. For me…it was awful and just fueled my paranoia and anxiety.

Nursing doesn’t suppress fertility in all postpartum mothers, it doesnt prevent postpartum depression in all mothers either.

Some women get to the point where they need to make a choice for their own sanity and well being.
It’s definitely a sin to give up church teaching and do something drastic like starting the pill or getting an IUD or hubby getting a vasectomy.

It’s NOT a sin to try something different like weaning early in a hope that your cycles come back and are chartable again.
 
Doesnt change church teaching.

I don’t remember reading in the catechism that all mothers have to nurse their babies.

Can you quote me scripture or the catechism where it says so? I’m being sarcastic.

I think it’s crazy that so many catholic women consider contraceptives as a solution to a problem instead of trying something different like weaning early. They want some normalcy in their lives and being unable to see a way out of fight NFP while PP can mess with their minds.

It’s not shameful if you can’t nurse…and that goes beyond not being physically capable of doing so.
 
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I prefer to stop this conversation right now before it is escalading.

I will not change my opinion, as you don’t.

And I don’t advocate for contraceptives.
 
OP…my opinion? Stop nursing and see if your cycles come back.

Abstaining is tough but you might need to commit to it for yourself.

If it’s something you haven’t tried I’d go for it. It beats looking into something drastic like contraception or something more permanent.
 
You realize that you are inferring that weaning a child IS a sin, right?
 
I never did either.

My mom couldn’t. She never produced the milk.
 
Hmmmm NFP becomes a breastfeeding battle. Nfp is controversial enough without changing the subject. 6 kids in 6 years? Perhaps abandoning the idea of NFP is the answer here.
 
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I find it very sad that some people advocate to wean a baby that still need to be breatfeed. Breastfeeding is more than feeding for mother and baby. And more important than having sex.
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I think it’s wonderful to be passionate about breastfeeding, and yes it is a good thing when it works well. However, please consider that there are many circumstances under which it is NOT the best thing for a woman and her baby, or for the marriage. I do hope that you never experience those circumstances, but it is one thing to advocate breastfeeding generally and another to say that it is the best thing, always and for everyone.
 
Breastfeeding is a worthy pursuit but I really think that if it’s affecting your emotional or mental health, it is also worth it to quit. You need to be able to take care of yourself to be able to take care of your kids too!

I hope you find something that works. I am nearly four months postpartum with our first (no cycles yet) and we have been using Marquette with the addition of the Tempdrop device, which is worn on the arm and monitors temperature all night to give you the lowest temp in the morning. It learns when you are awake so that even if you are a restless sleeper or nursing at night, you can still temp accurately. We first learned STM (symptothermal) before marriage, but I didn’t really understand the postpartum rules well enough to feel comfortable using it.

I hope you find something that works! I can’t imagine six kids in seven years. May God bless you all abundantly!
 
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