Mama to 6~The Large Family Logistics

Quiverful Movement

I read a wonderful post over at Amy's Humble Musing's today. Where do we stand on this subject? I believe children are a blessing.  But I also feel that if we personally did not take some preventative measures we would have 20 children.  We already have 6 children and I have 10 more years of childbearing.  I believe God wants us to use our brains when it comes to childbearing too.  I personally can tell when I ovulate (every month)!  That is what God designed our bodies to do.  It is no secret how babies are made.  The Bible says to be fruitful and multiply.  We have had 6 beautiful blessings!  I think we have fulfilled that scripture verse.  Where does everyone stand on this issue? 

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11:17, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 .. Posted by seventhheaven

I believe you are exactly right. We have 5 and our last three were born all within 2 1/2 years. That was over 3 years in a row of being pregnant. And I just couldnt do that another year. So I decided I had to have my tubes tied. But we also know that if God wants us to have another we will. After my fourth my husband had a vasec. and guess what 4 months later i was pregnant with our fifth. Now that my baby is 3 1/2 and potty trained i have no desire to go back to baby hood. God gives us different seasons in our lives and im glad to be moving past that season.

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12:50, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 .. Posted by smmagers

I wish I never had my tubes tied. I had no choice really. After 3 c-sections my scar tissue was to thin to have another baby and I never go into labor. My baby will be 16 next week. If I did not have them tied we would have a baby year as we get pregnant to easy. We thought of invtro a few years ago , but then our oldest daughter had her second baby and hubby thought it would be weird to have our children younger than our grand babies. But God did give another baby in 2006 but I miss carried. I wish for more but it is in Gods hand. God Bless. mj

I also wish

02:45, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 .. Posted by jackiebridgen

'quiverful' families were sometimes a little more sensitive.
I have two children, miscarried a third, and never took a preventive measure, but that is our quiver, full. Sometimes, God gives a couple one child, or none! They may still have full quivers.
I have been hurt many times, by proud mothers of ten looking down on me because I am not 'quiverful'. Well who says?
In my book, yes, you need to use your brains, and being quiverful means 'open to the Lords working in your family', and is not a competition about how many you can possibly have!
Which by the way, is just fine, if people want a load of children, and are blessed enough to get them, that's just wonderful. They should just not be so prideful towards others who do not have so many, and might have wished to have.
Sorry, that turned into a bit of a ramble!

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07:30, Thursday, March 6, 2008 .. Posted by missourimom

i feel pretty much the same as you, although i'm sure we are in the minority here. I have had 2 c-sections, so i am on a limited number anyway!

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08:10, Thursday, March 6, 2008 .. Posted by schatzila

I think both are right....I do not think that Amy was being proud or pointing fingers, it was just her opinion...and afterall it is Her blog...but I also agree that each person and family, husband and wife can decide the number of children....I know families who decided not to have any....and I fully support that because of the people they are....but I also know families who desire lots of children but cannot....or those who decide to have only one or two because they are selfish and do not want the responsibility of more...they want to travel and live their own lives and too many children would hinder that..... so it is not for us to judge one another....we have six children, three by birth and three adoption...after our third the doctors told us that we had a high risk of having another child like our first who is mentally handicapped...so dh got a vasectomy....and I kick myself to this day for insisting that he do that and not seeking God....but then we adopted three...one from Thailand and two from Africa....if it wasn't so expensive, we would adopt again.

I do want to mention one thing and that is (take it how you will)....but there are fewer and fewer Christians having babies and more and more muslims have children....where will the world be when no "C" have any children? Who will reach the world for Christ.....this is now happening in Europe where the Christian population is less than 3%.

Just MY thoughts.