let's jump right in...
it is amazing how many looks of confusion and maybe even disdain you get when someone finds out you don't use the birth control pill. yes, ladies, we are going to talk about birth control. in the beginning of our marriage my husband and i used the pill for birth control. i went off of it at almost 2 years of marriage so we could start our family. It took eight months for us to get pregnant. during my pregnancy i had high blood pressure so at my 6 week check up my doctor told me he didn't want to put me on the pill until my bp level came back down. during that time i started doing a lot of reading about various forms of contraceptives. i read about the pill, about iuds, about iucs, about natural family planning (nfp). the things i learned about hormonal contraceptive shocked me and saddened me.
birth control and the christian is a hot topic. is the pill out but condoms are in? is nfp the only way to go? is prevention of any kind against the Lord's plan for families? i know good Christians that come in on all sides of this. i am not of the mind that prevention is wrong. but after my reading i am of the mind that hormonal birth control is against the beliefs of a prolife christian. that there can be a prochoice christian doesn't make much sense to me, but i felt the need to clarify.
i will not go into all of the medical, scientific aspects of hormonal birth control because i am not that well versed in it. i do know that birth control works in THREE ways. most of us, myself at one time, believed there were only two ways - completely stopping ovulation or making it difficult/impossible for sperm to survive. there is in fact a third way bc works - it makes the uterus an uncomfortable place for a fertilized egg to implant. if you are of the mind that life begins at conception this should be troubling to you.
i want to leave this to the 'smarter' people to discuss. until minnesota mom's post the majority of anti-bc articles i read by christians were quite emotion based. this article by randy alcorn is from a christian's perspective but it includes much medical and scientific research. i strongly encourage you to read it in its entirity. there is a good bit of medical jargon but i believe that your eyes will be opened to some amazing new info.
may the Lord give you discernment as you and your husband make decisions. because in the end your decision is really between you and Him.
