Hi Belinda! I did read your blog some time ago with interest – I love birth stories – and wondered about the book you mentioned and if it was like the Billings method.
We too are not planning on going back on the pill. (I took it for the first 2 years we were married). We like the adventure of trusting God and the way He has made our bodies with our fertility. Although I must admit I haven’t come to a decision on permanent procedures like vasectomies once a couple believes that they have had the children they are called to have – that’ll require some prayerful consideration when the time comes I guess. Anyway the background to this discussion is from a question raised on a blog Rohan reads but right at this minute can’t find the url – will add it when I find it.
I too was in awe of Gods creation when I understood with detail our fertility and how He has made us, and I LOVE feeling like I am co-operating with and submitting to His design of my body. I don’t find too many people in our circles with the same passion for Natural Family Planning methods – too much baggage from mis-understandings or legalistic implementation and also just a general aversion in our culture to anything which seems to take things out of our control.
In fact, a lot of people give me the impression they think Rohan and I are being irresponsible or reckless. Kind of ironic that avoiding drugs and thoughtfully applying a theology of sorts to this area of our life should be considered irresponsible!
Would absolutely love to talk more with you about it, send me an email and we should catch up! i kind of feel like I’ve stumbled on some wonderful amazing secret that our modern selves have perhaps forgotten about :)
Hi Belinda! I did read your
Hi Belinda! I did read your blog some time ago with interest – I love birth stories – and wondered about the book you mentioned and if it was like the Billings method.
We too are not planning on going back on the pill. (I took it for the first 2 years we were married). We like the adventure of trusting God and the way He has made our bodies with our fertility. Although I must admit I haven’t come to a decision on permanent procedures like vasectomies once a couple believes that they have had the children they are called to have – that’ll require some prayerful consideration when the time comes I guess. Anyway the background to this discussion is from a question raised on a blog Rohan reads but right at this minute can’t find the url – will add it when I find it.
I too was in awe of Gods creation when I understood with detail our fertility and how He has made us, and I LOVE feeling like I am co-operating with and submitting to His design of my body. I don’t find too many people in our circles with the same passion for Natural Family Planning methods – too much baggage from mis-understandings or legalistic implementation and also just a general aversion in our culture to anything which seems to take things out of our control.
In fact, a lot of people give me the impression they think Rohan and I are being irresponsible or reckless. Kind of ironic that avoiding drugs and thoughtfully applying a theology of sorts to this area of our life should be considered irresponsible!
Would absolutely love to talk more with you about it, send me an email and we should catch up! i kind of feel like I’ve stumbled on some wonderful amazing secret that our modern selves have perhaps forgotten about :)