Stay At Home Moms using artificial birth control?

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I am wondering how many Catholic Stay At Home Moms (SAHMs) are also following Church Teaching by not using artificial birth control. Being a SAHM allows for ecological breastfeeding and therefore makes artificial birth control less of an issue.
 
I am a SAHM not using ABC. My husband and I would use NFP if we felt we needed to postpone, but at this point we don’t feel that is how God is calling us. I used ecological breastfeeding (sorta) and delayed my return of menstruation until my son was 7 months old. He is now almost 10 months old and I don’t think I have ovulated, so really breastfeeding has delayed my return of fertility for almost 10 months.
 
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…Being a SAHM allows for ecological breastfeeding and therefore makes artificial birth control less of an issue.
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…as long as you a nursing mom. Nursing is a necessarily limited-duration activity, and as soon as you move beyond that stage in your life, being a SAHM has nothing to do with your fertility management. At that point it becomes a decision between either NFP or ABC just like it was before you had the kids.
 
I am not a SAHM, yet. But my husband and I practice NFP now (to avoid, and will definitely use it to obtain pregnancy) and will again after the birth of any children.

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Count me as one. (SAHM, never will use ABC, breastfeeding on-demand our 6 week-old son, that is!)

I would comment that it is being a devout Catholic that makes ABC a non-issue, rather than being a SAHM that makes it “less of an issue.”😉
 
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Count me as one. (SAHM, never will use ABC, breastfeeding on-demand our 6 week-old son, that is!)

I would comment that it is being a devout Catholic that makes ABC a non-issue, rather than being a SAHM that makes it “less of an issue.”😉
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I agree about devout Catholics not using ABC, but it seems that many Catholics are using ABC. I wonder how many people recognize the it is not as simple as “just say NO”. For Catholics to avoid birth control, I think it would help if they also changed their lifestyle to allow for staying home with babies and ecologically breastfeeding. I think by making the life style change. It will help all Catholics be open to having more children (as long as healthy enought etc - no serious reason to avoid it) and not abuse NFP or use ABC.

Basically, I am thinking that as long as Catholic women find a need to work full time out of the home, then we will have many women using ABC and being rebellious on Church Teachings and this is going to be passed on to the next generation. I am hoping the younger generation will turn things around for the CAtholic Church. They can be so powerful if they reject the ways of the previous couple of generations and decide to stay home with their children. I know it isn’t simple, but it will be good for the country and the Church, if they can do it, not to mention what it will do for their family life and salvation.
 
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I agree about devout Catholics not using ABC, but it seems that many Catholics are using ABC. I wonder how many people recognize the it is not as simple as “just say NO”. For Catholics to avoid birth control, I think it would help if they also changed their lifestyle to allow for staying home with babies and ecologically breastfeeding. I think by making the life style change. It will help all Catholics be open to having more children (as long as healthy enought etc - no serious reason to avoid it) and not abuse NFP or use ABC.

Basically, I am thinking that as long as Catholic women find a need to work full time out of the home, then we will have many women using ABC and being rebellious on Church Teachings and this is going to be passed on to the next generation. I am hoping the younger generation will turn things around for the CAtholic Church. They can be so powerful if they reject the ways of the previous couple of generations and decide to stay home with their children. I know it isn’t simple, but it will be good for the country and the Church, if they can do it, not to mention what it will do for their family life and salvation.
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I’m a stay at home mom but I don’t think it’s right for everyone. Sometimes you have this picture in your head of how it’s going to be to have kids and then it’s nothing like that, and you have to do whatever you can just to retain your sanity.

Some women cannot breastfeed. I’m one. My daughter is 7 1/2 months old. I had thrush so bad when she was 4 months old, I went to the doctor 3 times and he finally told me to give up breastfeeding and it will go away. I did and it did. I couldn’t have done anything differently.
 
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I am wondering how many Catholic Stay At Home Moms (SAHMs) are also following Church Teaching by not using artificial birth control.
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I think this is a funny question…Think about it…if you are Catholic and you are staying home…that probably means it is because you follow Church teaching, so of course you aren’t going to use ABC. Now don’t everyone jump down my throat…but think about it…if you are staying at home…that means you are about your kids…you like kids…so you are open to have more… (yes I know working mom’s love their kids a bunch too)…but stay at home mom’s and their family had to make a huge sacrifice by them staying home…and anyone who would make a huge sacrifice like that I couldn’t see being selfish/immoral and using the pill. (unless their husband makes so much money that she didn’t need to work anyway). when my wife and I got pregnant she made more than me…and we had to take a $35,000 a year paycut so she could stay home. I couldn’t see women saying…ok God…I’ll trust you and give you my $35,000 a year…but I won’t trust you any further than that…and I don’t want you getting me pregnant, so I am going to use the pill.
 
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