natural family planning

[gianna88]

My husband and I recently joined the church, on Easter vigil, both having been raised protestant. I had an iud but got it removed today in order to follow the teaching of the church. I have some medical reasons however that make me want to at least postpone pregnancy, if not avoid it altogether. (I do have a 19mo old), but I am very scared now that I will get pregnant or that this just wasn’t the right decision (getting the mirena removed, not joining the church). What do you guys think, should I have gone with the church’s teaching and just learn natural family planning or should I have kept my iud?

 

[1ke]

I:am not surewhy you have posed a question asking what people think. It does not matter what anyone thinks. It matters what God’s law is, and what HE thinks.

It is up to us to conform our lives to Christ, not the other way around.

Contraception is a grave evil. It is a sin against the sixth commandment.

Because of your priior use of the IUD, you and your DH may have an extended period of abstinence while your body retuns to normal and you learn NFP. If you have a serious reason to postpone pregnancy, then you will need to take care in learning, and will likely have reduced times of intimacy for a while.

Use that time to grow in your faith and in understanding of Church teaching.

 

[GreyRabbit]

I:am not surewhy you have posed a question asking what people think. It does not matter what anyone thinks. It matters what God’s law is, and what HE thinks.

It is up to us to conform our lives to Christ, not the other way around.

Contraception is a grave evil. It is a sin against the sixth commandment.

Because of your priior use of the IUD, you and your DH may have an extended period of abstinence while your body retuns to normal and you learn NFP. If you have a serious reason to postpone pregnancy, then you will need to take care in learning, and will likely have reduced times of intimacy for a while.

Use that time to grow in your faith and in understanding of Church teaching.

^This

 

[RedSparklyShoes]

I think they should teach this kind of fertility stuff to prepubescent girls. Once I learned about NFP (well, FAM since I learned it the secular way), I was simply AMAZED at what I didn’t know about my own body! We did use condoms at the start of our marriage and I never liked that. Once we fully turned to the church’s teachings, our sex life blossomed and our relationship deepened. We’re avoiding a pregnancy right now, but I sure long to be pregnant. I keep praying that my husband’s heart will align with mine (I think I’m well enough to get pregnant, he doesn’t yet).