Really? That is kind of a personal view of what is necessary for children. I most certainly have a moral responsibility to put my kids through higher education.
No, you don’t. You may feel a personal obligation, but they are adults by the time they leave for college. You would be doing them no injustice by expecting them to pay their own way if they choose to go to college.
, four 4 and under and five 5 and under. I definitely agree with the posters that say God will not give us more than we can handle (we do have to ask for His help, though, 
, can’t do it alone 
). Lol, when we had #1 I remember thinking that I had no idea how anyone could have more than one child… even if they wanted to…we remained open and had #2 and saw that God had not given us more than we can handle. Sure, some (many ) days may be kinda crazy, but I love the family God has blessed us with and thank Him for putting it in our heart to be open to these beautiful gifts.Oh yes I do. My culture and sense of what is necessary for children is different from yours. American norms of how to raise and treat children do not apply to the rest of the world. This has nothing to do with our faith.
Ok, you’ve totally got me beat! I think k I just need time for this to soak in. WOW!Congratulations!!!
I had three under 3 (0,1,2) for a couple of months as well
I can relate to the insurance as well, I did not have a maternity rider with my first 5, so I know it can be a little stressful, but things worked out better than I would have thought. For the first time we have insurance with #6!
Congrats!!! Don’t worry, no one knows better than God, so their comments are nothing compared to the fact that God has chose you and your husband to receive these little blessings at these times!!!
:yup:This^Sorry this isn’t much of a pep talk…but congrats on expecting another. My wife an I have been trying for years, we just conceived last October but miscarried by December.
If it is any consolation we can’t wait to be faced with your problem if God permits it for us.
Why the snark and the attempt to derail the thread?
Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? :dts:I think that was the point of the original comment about paying for college, actually – that our faith does not require us to pay for a college education for our children. Is it nice to do that for our children? Absolutely. Will many of us feel that we should? Definitely. But ensuring the Christian formation of our children (which the Church tells us we are indeed obligated to do) does not necessarily mean that we have a religious obligation to pay for our children’s college education.
Yes, this is what I was saying.I think that was the point of the original comment about paying for college, actually – that our faith does not require us to pay for a college education for our children. Is it nice to do that for our children? Absolutely. Will many of us feel that we should? Definitely. But ensuring the Christian formation of our children (which the Church tells us we are indeed obligated to do) does not necessarily mean that we have a religious obligation to pay for our children’s college education.
I took the original comment about college to be reassurance to the OP, when she might face criticism from others for a third pregnancy – one potential objection from nay-sayers being “how will you pay for college?”
To the OP… Congratulations!! I will say a prayer tonight that your insurance situation can be worked out. God has an amazing ability to provide.
I think it was still 50/50, lol.
Find other families in your parish that have bigger families and seek advice from the people who have done it. They’re normal people with normal jobs, they just learn to prioritize better out of necessity. In my parish, there are lots of families with 4, 5, 6… and some even with 10 or more, so my 3 looks small. Lots of vans in the parking lot on Sunday. But they all had 1 once (except for the couple that started with twins), and then 2, and then 3… You adjust to your new reality and you keep living your life. With God’s help (and some help from family and friends) you can do it too.
We were told contradictory things regarding this and based on our obstetrician’s advice had presumed greater chance of another girl. But you’re right, I think the stats do show that it is pretty much 50:50 (or slightly higher, about 51%, for being male). In some cases there are biological reasons why a given couple may be more prone to having gender of one type of the other, but on a population level it’s pretty even.
True. A population of one isn’t necessarily going to be 50/50.
Just a thought: my stepdaughter found it impossible to conceive until she changed doctors to one who put her on high vitamin D, she was really low. Now she has a 3 year old. Some doctors don’t bother to check that.Sorry this isn’t much of a pep talk…but congrats on expecting another. My wife an I have been trying for years, we just conceived last October but miscarried by December.
If it is any consolation we can’t wait to be faced with your problem if God permits it for us.