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Änσnymσus

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Re: Average Family Size
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2018, 06:46:06 PM »
Quote from: Anonymous on September 15, 2018, 08:38:03 AM
My husband and I got married in our early twenties, never practiced NFP and we’ve only had six children. We’ve had a few miscarriages unfortunately and being in our mid forties now, don’t expect any more children as I am going through the early stages of menopause.
So we are actually quite grateful never having practiced NFP, because if we had spaced our first ones we may have only had two or three children because our later years have been less fruitful.

I do know of a few young Catholic couples trying to conceive but without success so far. One couple even spending thousands of dollars to increase their fertility. Another couple suffering multiple miscarriages in a row.

Another thing I noticed is when visiting my children’s pediatrician the other day, he was discussing with the nurse the number of children he has (two little ones so far) and when asked by her why he hasn’t had another child in a couple of years he said, ‘we’ll it’s not like we haven’t tried.’ Now I know he is Protestant but even he is openly discussing the struggle to conceive.

I’m just putting my experiences out there as an example of some trying to have children but without success. Seems to be more often than not these days because I knew so many big families growing up and now there are so few. And I’ve also found that it isn’t always on purpose.
As a couple who are profoundly opposed to NFP your story is wonderful to read ! 
The truth is that if everyone followed Christ some families would be large, others smaller and many people who seek a more religious live would have no children.  Overall God would give us the perfect number of children ! 
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Re: Average Family Size
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2018, 09:01:08 PM »
My brother's in-laws, even through Traditional Catholic, criticized him mightily for not using NFP.  After all their years of marriage, these in-laws who did use NFP ended up with exactly the same number of children as my brother and his wife ... with the only difference being that my brother did it according to God's will, and that couple according to their own will.  But that makes all the difference in the world.
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Re: Average Family Size
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2018, 02:30:46 AM »
These stories are very encouraging for women who are scared of ending up with more than they can handle because of modern thinking. I know that I struggle with this a lot and it is comforting to think that things will work out the way they should. It’s very important to share stories like these. Feeling inspired!
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Re: Average Family Size
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2018, 03:31:33 AM »
I listened to a video today from Russia. The TV anchor/researcher was talking about farm animals and how piglets and other animals were dying in utero due to the glyphosates in the food, air, and water.

Then he mentioned that even humans are having problems with glyphosates. He showed a video clip of a little boy who was exposed to glyphosates when he was within the first trimester of gestation. His mother was spraying the farm with glyphosates and was unaware that it was dangerous. As a result, he has severe speech impairments due to severe congenital birth defects in his throat. Some babies are born stillborn due to these congenital birth defects from glyphosate exposure.

The commentator also mentioned the declining birth rate among the European nations that use glyphosates.

Here in the USA, glyphosates are used everywhere. Whenever I travel to Oxnard, Bakersfield, the Inland Empire, or Phoenix, Arizona, I become deathly ill due to all the glyphosates used in those farming communities, in their parks, and areas surrounding municipal buildings and businesses. Many housing developments in Phoenix mandate that homeowners spray roundup on their properties. Thus, women who live in managed home owner associations report frequent miscarriages.

Think about the pregnant mothers and the children. Our unborn children and our youth are being damaged by glyphosates, mercury, formaldehyde and other chemicals in our environment and in our vaccines.

In addition, our men are exposed to glyphosates and other chemicals which adversely affect their sperm, leading them to be infertile.

The world is no longer a safe place in which to bear and raise children. This must change.
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Re: Average Family Size
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2018, 11:07:43 AM »
In the meantime, I live in the country so I am hundreds of feet from the nearest house, which probably isn't using Roundup either. One of my neighbors doesn't even mow his property -- just a small sliver around the trailer house she lives in. I think her ex-boyfriend (and father of her 2 kids) comes over once in a while and mows a little bit. But most of the acreage is completely wild (unlike my land, which looks more like a golf course -- albeit a brown, dried up grass version of one, since we have frequent droughts, but I digress...) So you know that neighbor isn't using Roundup.

But in the country people aren't uptight about a having a little nature here and there. Some grass around this or that tree, bush, or building isn't a huge deal. We also don't live in a Homeowners Association. I'd rather live in Communist Russia. Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit, but honestly it would be a toss-up. When you have local government telling you how to live, what you can put on (or around) your house -- who needs far-off national dictatorships?

Matthew
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