tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post7752704820849196567..comments2024-01-18T21:33:10.603-05:00Comments on Half a Dozen and More Productions: New Title: Is NFP Stressful?Maurisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489369133555827520noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-22471887025255903862013-04-27T16:55:40.254-04:002013-04-27T16:55:40.254-04:00Thank you anonymous for sharing your experience. ...Thank you anonymous for sharing your experience. I heartily agree with you. Discovering NFP was an incredibly freeing experience for my husband and I, and while we love it and would never think of using birth control again, it still isn't completely stress-free. I think people need to know that. Sometimes NFP lovers can be overly positive in selling NFP to others without being realistic enough. What folks really need to know is that anything worth doing (as I believe NFP is absolutely worth it) is worth the stress and the sacrifice. We are happier and hopefully holier in the end.<br /><br />Blessings!Maurisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06489369133555827520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-68917391871403176662013-04-27T16:01:58.266-04:002013-04-27T16:01:58.266-04:00Hi Maurisa,
I'm the anonymous commenter causi...Hi Maurisa,<br /><br />I'm the anonymous commenter causing all the confusion, sorry! Glad that's all cleared up. Thanks for you honest NFP comments. I didn't mean to be mean to anyone,I just honestly believe that given the choice between birth control and NFP I still believe that NFP is not stressful. <br /><br />You see, my mom used contraception and that resulted in two abortions, a very invasive c-section during the birth of her seventh child, numerous uterine infections, abnormal bleeding, ovarian problems, hormonal problems and years later during menopause; near cervical cancer that eventually led to a hysterectomy. God's will and the church's teachings aside; I'm terrified of any form of contraception. I eventually taught my mom NFP and she got to use that and enjoy the joy of being contraceptive free for the remainder of her child-bearingand premenopausal years. However the consequences of her years of contraception use came back to hunt her as it has so often done to so many women.<br /><br /><br />Is NFP difficult? Oh yes! Like you I lost a child in the womb and that was a devastating experience. I sought the Lord's face and I heard His voice so clearly in my heart speak words if consolation and divine promise,which He fulfilled not too long after. I believe that the NFP journey is very much like the mysteries of the rosary. I don't know what mystery we will experience next but I'm absolutely convinced that the Lord has it all ordered. I have often been known to say this when asked when I can say "I'm done having children", I often tell people that I cannot make that statement because I don't believe I have the right to do so. It just seems to me to be such an arrogant declaration to make to God's hearing without seeking His opinion on the matter first. I believe God gave me and my husband our fecundity and it will solely up to Him to end it all. So when I can't conceive anymore baring any major life threatening condition, then I will for sure that the Lord has spoken loud and clear.<br /><br />Am I crazy to think this way? Maybe, but I don't expect this of everyone else. However, I believe that contraception is a "shutting" of God out of our hearts, lives, and bedrooms. The very places where the Lord ought to be welcomed in the most.<br /><br />This is just my two cents. Thanks again Maurisa and may God bless you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-17113062827995446002013-04-26T15:17:13.058-04:002013-04-26T15:17:13.058-04:00Easy mistake to make, and perhaps it was meant to ...Easy mistake to make, and perhaps it was meant to be, since it gave good food for thought. :)Drinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379297892627927939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-51163222718145543832013-04-26T14:06:58.902-04:002013-04-26T14:06:58.902-04:00Lol, Drina, you are right! The format I was origin...Lol, Drina, you are right! The format I was originally looking at did not show the comment as being a reply to another comment and not to my post. Thanks for correcting me. I'll have to indicate my mistake in this post in some way, as I still think being honest about NFP is only right and fair ;)Maurisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06489369133555827520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466128223711547349.post-36610056309961970802013-04-26T13:43:53.745-04:002013-04-26T13:43:53.745-04:00Hi -
Enjoyed your thoughtful post. I had not re...Hi - <br /><br />Enjoyed your thoughtful post. I had not read the post you linked to, so I went back and read it, along with all the comments. I believe that the anonymous commenter was responding not to you, but to a previous anonymous commenter, who said that she used birth control partly to avoid the stress of NFP. Drinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379297892627927939noreply@blogger.com