I was checking out the comcast.net page to check out what was on tonight and saw that the Duggar Family is expecting #18! I am so excited for them. I have seen their shows on Discovery Channel and have looked at their original website, and have gone through the Financial Freedom seminar that they went through early in their marriage. I celebrate their devotion to God and family. And to raising their children with traditional values and a good biblical up-bringing. I can only pray to be the Mother that Michelle is.
When you google the Duggar family you will come across scores of anti-duggar blogs and hate sites, voicing their opinions that their family is weird and horrible and they must be on welfare et. It makes me sick that some of the posters of this blogs call themselves Christians as well...But I will get to that part later...
If you look at the family and learn about then and just don't judge them and jump to conclusions about their lives you will learn that both Jim Bob and Michelle have their real estate licenses, they live debt free, they don't have a mortgage and built their home largely with their own hands. How is that a bad thing?
They dress their children similarly, boys in docker style pants and polo shirts, girls in dresses or skirts - again how is that a bad thing? Is it oh so shocking these days that children are dressed nicely and young girls aren't dressed like hooters waitress? When is teaching our children to respect themselves and dress respectfully a bad thing? Or is it that the girls don't have everything hanging out that bothers you? Unlike Victoria, these girls still have their Secret!
Ok, so the fact that they have 18 children bothers you, yes their are children all over the world looking for a home - Why don't you adopt them? How many children do you have - 1, 2 maybe 3 if you have a "big" family? You can easily adopt one just as easy as they can...
God has blessed them with each and every child that they have! Who are we to limit God's blessing and how many children we should have. If you look back maybe 50, maybe 100 years, and large families were common, small families were the oddity.
Oh all their kid's names start with the same letter - Woopie - all my kids will have middle names that start with J and their first names will be after cities...I guess we are weird too!
Yes they do a home church with other families that have similar beliefs - I would love that - As much as I like the church my family goes to, it's hard having values that are very different than most there - We don't use birth control pills, or IUDs we thing its morally wrong - we strive to live debt free and won't take a loan or a mortgage it goes against Gods plan - We are open to having as many Children as God allows and will homeschool them, dress them conservatively. Our Children will be responsible for household chores - again not a bad thing....
I am just shocked at the about of negative comments surrounding this family but again not surprised because anytime that we are following the Bible and the way God planned things out society is going to totally frown on it and look down on it.Sphere: Related Content
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
“I hope that someday you have kids just like you...”
I am sure that my Mom was not the only one to utter the dreaded phrase that as a teenager I thought was insane! I was a good, she was the problem not me! Or so we thought as teenagers.
Now I am a Mom and I have a 2 and a half year old who is JUST LIKE ME! She is pretty much a mini-me at TWO! And I am scared of the teenage years. But at the same time, I know that she is like me, attitude and all, so I know how to deal with it because she thinks just like me. Which drives husband nuts because we both see the loopholes in the things he says, and all he can do is sit there and try to figure out what just happened.
So here I am with the mini-me and she is 2, and sadly I can’t remember what I was like at 2, I know that I didn’t like the water until we went to Florida and then you couldn’t get me out of the water with a crowbar, and I am still that way, as is Lil’ Miss Thing. I know that I always wanted to be in charge (I’m still that way, I blame my extreme Type A personality) and I was (and am) always right!
How do you get a 2 year old to listen?
I googled this question and got results of 428,000,000 in just 0.26 seconds! So I know that I am not alone in this quest for listening. I have seen answers from ignore them, use a timeout, count, use a naughty spot, walk away, and even the occasionally suggestion of spanking *gasp*, now I am sure those people didn’t live in California where the government there has decided that they are going to try to control all of your parenting from conception to graduation and beyond.
In our 2.5 years as parents we have employed the naughty spot concept, ignoring her, walking away, timeouts, counting and *gasp* spanking (over her nappies of course so I am sure she barely felt anything since she kept on doing what she was doing without a second thought).
But, at the same time I know that she is like me, and so I think back to what was used on me, yelling, spanking - with or without a wooden spoon depending on who was providing the punishment.
So, now we are using a little bit of everything depending on the crime...And we will adjust our punishment delivery system as we go.Sphere: Related Content
Now I am a Mom and I have a 2 and a half year old who is JUST LIKE ME! She is pretty much a mini-me at TWO! And I am scared of the teenage years. But at the same time, I know that she is like me, attitude and all, so I know how to deal with it because she thinks just like me. Which drives husband nuts because we both see the loopholes in the things he says, and all he can do is sit there and try to figure out what just happened.
So here I am with the mini-me and she is 2, and sadly I can’t remember what I was like at 2, I know that I didn’t like the water until we went to Florida and then you couldn’t get me out of the water with a crowbar, and I am still that way, as is Lil’ Miss Thing. I know that I always wanted to be in charge (I’m still that way, I blame my extreme Type A personality) and I was (and am) always right!
How do you get a 2 year old to listen?
I googled this question and got results of 428,000,000 in just 0.26 seconds! So I know that I am not alone in this quest for listening. I have seen answers from ignore them, use a timeout, count, use a naughty spot, walk away, and even the occasionally suggestion of spanking *gasp*, now I am sure those people didn’t live in California where the government there has decided that they are going to try to control all of your parenting from conception to graduation and beyond.
In our 2.5 years as parents we have employed the naughty spot concept, ignoring her, walking away, timeouts, counting and *gasp* spanking (over her nappies of course so I am sure she barely felt anything since she kept on doing what she was doing without a second thought).
But, at the same time I know that she is like me, and so I think back to what was used on me, yelling, spanking - with or without a wooden spoon depending on who was providing the punishment.
So, now we are using a little bit of everything depending on the crime...And we will adjust our punishment delivery system as we go.Sphere: Related Content
Fertility Treatments?? Children on demand?? Birth Control?? Part 2
Moving on to fertility treatments...
Now that you have decided that it’s time for you have children, it works into your schedule, your plan etc.
After trying for 12 months and not conceiving you now have the option to turning to the medical community for Clomid, Lupron, Injections, IUI, IVF etc.
As heartbreaking as it is to want a baby and not be able to have one, brings me to the question (that is not popular at all and my seem a little hostile or mean) Have you consulted with God in this? Have you prayed and asked for a clear determination on whether you should be having children at this time? Have you dedicated your womb (uterus) to His glory?
Consider Abraham and Sarah; they were barren for decades, DECADES to the point where they had Abraham lay with Hagar the maidservent.
15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. [d] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year." 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
Genesis 17.15-22
So at the ripe old age of about 100, far beyond child bearing years, God blessed them with a son.
They didn’t have the fertility treatments that we have today, so instead of waiting on God to move in our lives, and open our womb or restore our womb we are turning to Doctors. Some may argue that well, God gave Doctors the wisdom, and if God didn’t want it to happen then he could stop it. But God gave us free will, the ability to listen to His guidance, ask him for direction, and has provided a complete instruction book for our lives. So we have the choice to consult Him on what we do, and we have to then decide if we are going to listen to Him.
It is my feeling that if God wants to bless us with children then He will allow a pregnancy in His time, if that means that we are going to be trying for a long time then that is in His plan, if we aren’t going to every have children of our own, maybe He is leading us towards adoption, or maybe He doesn’t want us to have children of our own.
These are difficult things to hear, especially if you heart desires a child.
I am going to leave this at that for now, and will either update this or add part 3.
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her."
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me." - Genesis 16.1-5Sphere: Related Content
Now that you have decided that it’s time for you have children, it works into your schedule, your plan etc.
After trying for 12 months and not conceiving you now have the option to turning to the medical community for Clomid, Lupron, Injections, IUI, IVF etc.
As heartbreaking as it is to want a baby and not be able to have one, brings me to the question (that is not popular at all and my seem a little hostile or mean) Have you consulted with God in this? Have you prayed and asked for a clear determination on whether you should be having children at this time? Have you dedicated your womb (uterus) to His glory?
Consider Abraham and Sarah; they were barren for decades, DECADES to the point where they had Abraham lay with Hagar the maidservent.
15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. [d] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year." 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
Genesis 17.15-22
So at the ripe old age of about 100, far beyond child bearing years, God blessed them with a son.
They didn’t have the fertility treatments that we have today, so instead of waiting on God to move in our lives, and open our womb or restore our womb we are turning to Doctors. Some may argue that well, God gave Doctors the wisdom, and if God didn’t want it to happen then he could stop it. But God gave us free will, the ability to listen to His guidance, ask him for direction, and has provided a complete instruction book for our lives. So we have the choice to consult Him on what we do, and we have to then decide if we are going to listen to Him.
It is my feeling that if God wants to bless us with children then He will allow a pregnancy in His time, if that means that we are going to be trying for a long time then that is in His plan, if we aren’t going to every have children of our own, maybe He is leading us towards adoption, or maybe He doesn’t want us to have children of our own.
These are difficult things to hear, especially if you heart desires a child.
I am going to leave this at that for now, and will either update this or add part 3.
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her."
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me." - Genesis 16.1-5Sphere: Related Content
Fertility Treatments?? Children on demand?? Birth Control?? Part 1
What do you think about Christians using fertility treatments?? Or people using them at all?
This has always raised a flag in my mind, God has a plan for us, a will, He know what’s best for us, at least that is what I believe anyway.
“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. “ Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13-16 NIV
If God created us and formed us like a ball of clay, if he is the potter and we are the clay (Romans 9.20-22) how can we pick and chose when we allow God to work in our lives? And then get angry or frustrated when things don’t happen on our time table?
We pray for a job “God, please give me this job, it would be a good thing, I will make enough money...” but if God has something better in mind and tells us No, we get angry and stamp our feet. “God didn’t answer my prayers”. God most certainly did, He said No. He also can say “Not now” or “Have patience” or “I have better things planned for you” or “Wait”.
If we are consulting God on our decisions from how we should use the bonus we got at work, which job we should take, where is the best place for us to live...etc. And then when we make those decisions shouldn’t we pray that we made the right decision as even then we can have a false sense of peace about a decision.
So, coming back on topic, we get married and we decide that it wouldn’t be a good time for us to have a child, it doesn’t fit in to our 5 year plan to get ourselves established, or we don’t feel like we can afford a child right now...Do we even consult God when we make our 5 year plans? Do we ask him if we can afford a child, or consider allowing Him to provide for our needs and our children’s needs?
So you have made the decision that now is not the time to have a child, you chose to take a Birth Control pill everyday, or have and IUD put in because this is what is advertised on TV, and what your doctor recommends to avoid pregnancy.
So now you and your Doctor are now in charge of your body, the body that God formed, the clay that he has molded, you have decided that you know better than God.
In doing research for this series I have learned that most birth control will attempt to stop ovulation and will not allow your uterus to thicken (see side note 3) so that when an egg does get released and fertilized it will not be able to attach to the uterus wall and implant. This means that there is conception (conception |kənˈsep sh ən |noun1 the action of conceiving a child or of a child being conceived : an unfertilized egg before conception ) happening without implantation so the embryo/fetus/fertilized egg does not attach to the wall. Now at this point depending on if you are Pro-Life or Pro-Choice you have to decide for yourself when human life begins.
The Human Embryo:
Growth
Week 1-3 5-7 days after fertilization, the blastula attaches to the wall of the uterus (endometrium). When it comes into contact with the endometrium it performs implantation. Implantation connections between the mother and the embryo will begin to form, including the umbilical cord. The embryo's growth centers around an axis, which will become the spine and spinal cord. The brain, spinal cord, heart, and gastrointestinal tract begin to form.[3] (my emphasis added)
Week 4-5 Chemicals produced by the embryo stop the woman's menstrual cycle. Neurogenesis is underway, showing brain activity at about the 6th week. The heart will begin to beat around the same time. Limb buds appear where the arms and legs will grow later. Organogenesis begins. The head represents about one half of the embryo's axial length, and more than half of the embryo's mass. The brain develops into five areas, along with vertebra and bones beginning to form. The heart starts to beat and blood starts to flow.[4]
Week 6-8 Myogenesis and neurogenesis have progressed to where the embryo is capable of motion, and the eyes begin to form. Organogenesis and growth continue. Hair has started to form along with all essential organs. Facial features are beginning to develop. At the end of the 8th week, the embryonic stage is over, and the fetal stage begins.[5]
For me growth = life so if there is growth within 5-7 days before implantation even occurs!
Basically, even on birth control you can get pregnant it is just a matter of the drugs that you are putting into your preventing the establishment of that pregnancy. Meaning that every month you could ovulate, have sex, have your egg fertilized and then have it die because your uterus walls are thin and unable to support life. And you will never know, because you will have your normal period when you switch to placebo’s at the end of the month...Does losing a pregnancy you didn’t know about mean that you didn’t use an abortifacient? Mean that your body is doing what it is supposed to do when you are on birth control? Mean that God didn’t want you to have that child?
When you use a birth control pill or IUD you are not allowing certain parts of your body to function. If you elect to have an abortion you are killing a child, so if you are using birth control to rid the body of the fertilized egg, which has already started growing and thus is alive (IMHO) are you not also killing a child?
When discussing this with a dear friend, she said that it had to do with intent, and that you are taking the birth control with the intent of not having children and not getting pregnant - not the intent of killing the child or fertilized egg. But if I am using a gun shooting targets and someone accidently gets killed, it is still murder even if that wasn’t the intent of my using the gun, my intent was target practice; but the result is the same. I am sure that there are accidental shootings and accidental killings, but if you are taking a drug into your body that states that its purpose is to keep a fertilized egg from attaching itself, then isn’t your intent the same as a woman going in for an abortion?
Ok, that was harsh I know, but if you step back and think about it and look at that is what is happening...
Moving on to fertility treatments....
Side Notes:
Birth control, sometimes synonymous with contraception, is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of pregnancy or childbirth. Contraception may refer specifically to mechanisms which are intended to reduce the likelihood of the fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon. Birth control is commonly used as part of family planning.
IUD, An intra-uterine device (intra meaning within, and uterine meaning of the uterus) is a birth control device also known as an IUD or a coil (this colloquialism is based on the coil-shaped design of early IUDs). It is a device placed in the uterus and is the world's most widely used method of reversible birth control,[1] currently used by nearly 160 million women (just over two-thirds of whom are in China where it is the most widely used birth control method, surpassing sterilization).[2] The device has to be fitted inside or removed from the uterus by a doctor or qualified medical practitioner. It remains in place the entire time pregnancy is not desired. Depending on the type, a single IUD is approved for 5 to 10 years use (the copper T 380A is effective for at least 12 years).[3]
Side Note 3:
During the follicular phase the lining of the uterus thickens, stimulated by gradually increasing amounts of estrogen. Follicles in the ovary begin developing under the influence of a complex interplay of hormones, and after several days one or occasionally two follicles become dominant (non-dominant follicles atrophy and die). The dominant follicle releases an ovum or egg in an event called ovulation. (An egg that is fertilized by a spermatozoon will become a zygote, taking one to two weeks to travel down the fallopian tubes to the uterus. If the egg is not fertilized within about a day of ovulation, it will die and be absorbed by the woman's body.[2]) After ovulation the remains of the dominant follicle in the ovary become a corpus luteum; this body has a primary function of producing large amounts of progesterone. Under the influence of progesterone, the endometrium (uterine lining) changes to prepare for potential implantation of an embryo to establish a pregnancy. If implantation does not occur within approximately two weeks, the corpus luteum will die, causing sharp drops in levels of both progesterone and estrogen. These hormone drops cause the uterus to shed its lining in a process termed menstruation. - From Wikipedia Menstrual Cycle
intent |inˈtent|
noun
intention or purpose : with alarm she realized his intent | a real intent to cut back on social programs.
adjective
1 [ predic. ] ( intent on/upon) resolved or determined to do (something) : the administration was intent on achieving greater efficiency.
• attentively occupied with : Jill was intent on her gardening magazine.
2 (esp. of a look) showing earnest and eager attention : a curiously intent look on her face.Sphere: Related Content
This has always raised a flag in my mind, God has a plan for us, a will, He know what’s best for us, at least that is what I believe anyway.
“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. “ Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13-16 NIV
If God created us and formed us like a ball of clay, if he is the potter and we are the clay (Romans 9.20-22) how can we pick and chose when we allow God to work in our lives? And then get angry or frustrated when things don’t happen on our time table?
We pray for a job “God, please give me this job, it would be a good thing, I will make enough money...” but if God has something better in mind and tells us No, we get angry and stamp our feet. “God didn’t answer my prayers”. God most certainly did, He said No. He also can say “Not now” or “Have patience” or “I have better things planned for you” or “Wait”.
If we are consulting God on our decisions from how we should use the bonus we got at work, which job we should take, where is the best place for us to live...etc. And then when we make those decisions shouldn’t we pray that we made the right decision as even then we can have a false sense of peace about a decision.
So, coming back on topic, we get married and we decide that it wouldn’t be a good time for us to have a child, it doesn’t fit in to our 5 year plan to get ourselves established, or we don’t feel like we can afford a child right now...Do we even consult God when we make our 5 year plans? Do we ask him if we can afford a child, or consider allowing Him to provide for our needs and our children’s needs?
So you have made the decision that now is not the time to have a child, you chose to take a Birth Control pill everyday, or have and IUD put in because this is what is advertised on TV, and what your doctor recommends to avoid pregnancy.
So now you and your Doctor are now in charge of your body, the body that God formed, the clay that he has molded, you have decided that you know better than God.
In doing research for this series I have learned that most birth control will attempt to stop ovulation and will not allow your uterus to thicken (see side note 3) so that when an egg does get released and fertilized it will not be able to attach to the uterus wall and implant. This means that there is conception (conception |kənˈsep sh ən |noun1 the action of conceiving a child or of a child being conceived : an unfertilized egg before conception ) happening without implantation so the embryo/fetus/fertilized egg does not attach to the wall. Now at this point depending on if you are Pro-Life or Pro-Choice you have to decide for yourself when human life begins.
The Human Embryo:
Growth
Week 1-3 5-7 days after fertilization, the blastula attaches to the wall of the uterus (endometrium). When it comes into contact with the endometrium it performs implantation. Implantation connections between the mother and the embryo will begin to form, including the umbilical cord. The embryo's growth centers around an axis, which will become the spine and spinal cord. The brain, spinal cord, heart, and gastrointestinal tract begin to form.[3] (my emphasis added)
Week 4-5 Chemicals produced by the embryo stop the woman's menstrual cycle. Neurogenesis is underway, showing brain activity at about the 6th week. The heart will begin to beat around the same time. Limb buds appear where the arms and legs will grow later. Organogenesis begins. The head represents about one half of the embryo's axial length, and more than half of the embryo's mass. The brain develops into five areas, along with vertebra and bones beginning to form. The heart starts to beat and blood starts to flow.[4]
Week 6-8 Myogenesis and neurogenesis have progressed to where the embryo is capable of motion, and the eyes begin to form. Organogenesis and growth continue. Hair has started to form along with all essential organs. Facial features are beginning to develop. At the end of the 8th week, the embryonic stage is over, and the fetal stage begins.[5]
For me growth = life so if there is growth within 5-7 days before implantation even occurs!
Basically, even on birth control you can get pregnant it is just a matter of the drugs that you are putting into your preventing the establishment of that pregnancy. Meaning that every month you could ovulate, have sex, have your egg fertilized and then have it die because your uterus walls are thin and unable to support life. And you will never know, because you will have your normal period when you switch to placebo’s at the end of the month...Does losing a pregnancy you didn’t know about mean that you didn’t use an abortifacient? Mean that your body is doing what it is supposed to do when you are on birth control? Mean that God didn’t want you to have that child?
When you use a birth control pill or IUD you are not allowing certain parts of your body to function. If you elect to have an abortion you are killing a child, so if you are using birth control to rid the body of the fertilized egg, which has already started growing and thus is alive (IMHO) are you not also killing a child?
When discussing this with a dear friend, she said that it had to do with intent, and that you are taking the birth control with the intent of not having children and not getting pregnant - not the intent of killing the child or fertilized egg. But if I am using a gun shooting targets and someone accidently gets killed, it is still murder even if that wasn’t the intent of my using the gun, my intent was target practice; but the result is the same. I am sure that there are accidental shootings and accidental killings, but if you are taking a drug into your body that states that its purpose is to keep a fertilized egg from attaching itself, then isn’t your intent the same as a woman going in for an abortion?
Ok, that was harsh I know, but if you step back and think about it and look at that is what is happening...
Moving on to fertility treatments....
Side Notes:
Birth control, sometimes synonymous with contraception, is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of pregnancy or childbirth. Contraception may refer specifically to mechanisms which are intended to reduce the likelihood of the fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon. Birth control is commonly used as part of family planning.
IUD, An intra-uterine device (intra meaning within, and uterine meaning of the uterus) is a birth control device also known as an IUD or a coil (this colloquialism is based on the coil-shaped design of early IUDs). It is a device placed in the uterus and is the world's most widely used method of reversible birth control,[1] currently used by nearly 160 million women (just over two-thirds of whom are in China where it is the most widely used birth control method, surpassing sterilization).[2] The device has to be fitted inside or removed from the uterus by a doctor or qualified medical practitioner. It remains in place the entire time pregnancy is not desired. Depending on the type, a single IUD is approved for 5 to 10 years use (the copper T 380A is effective for at least 12 years).[3]
Side Note 3:
During the follicular phase the lining of the uterus thickens, stimulated by gradually increasing amounts of estrogen. Follicles in the ovary begin developing under the influence of a complex interplay of hormones, and after several days one or occasionally two follicles become dominant (non-dominant follicles atrophy and die). The dominant follicle releases an ovum or egg in an event called ovulation. (An egg that is fertilized by a spermatozoon will become a zygote, taking one to two weeks to travel down the fallopian tubes to the uterus. If the egg is not fertilized within about a day of ovulation, it will die and be absorbed by the woman's body.[2]) After ovulation the remains of the dominant follicle in the ovary become a corpus luteum; this body has a primary function of producing large amounts of progesterone. Under the influence of progesterone, the endometrium (uterine lining) changes to prepare for potential implantation of an embryo to establish a pregnancy. If implantation does not occur within approximately two weeks, the corpus luteum will die, causing sharp drops in levels of both progesterone and estrogen. These hormone drops cause the uterus to shed its lining in a process termed menstruation. - From Wikipedia Menstrual Cycle
intent |inˈtent|
noun
intention or purpose : with alarm she realized his intent | a real intent to cut back on social programs.
adjective
1 [ predic. ] ( intent on/upon) resolved or determined to do (something) : the administration was intent on achieving greater efficiency.
• attentively occupied with : Jill was intent on her gardening magazine.
2 (esp. of a look) showing earnest and eager attention : a curiously intent look on her face.Sphere: Related Content
What happens when you realize everything you have been doing is wrong??
Well not to say that EVERYTHING is wrong but perhaps a lot. I don’t know if it was the way that I was raised or the things that I was or wasn’t taught in school or did or didn’t read in books.
I have a two and a half year old who was born at 33 weeks via emergency c-section due to pre-clampsia and placenta abruption. She was vaccinated and had most of her shots up until she was 14 months - she hasn’t had any shots since then and she won’t and neither will any of my other kids as I have them. I will expound on my thoughts on this in another posting.
I have been using disposable diapers with her, but will be cloth diapering the rest of the kids that I have will have.
I will be home schooling my kids, and raising them with the values that were traditionally taught to children and families back when the family unit was a wonderful happy unit that enjoyed being together, sitting around the dinner table talking about the day and playing games, reading the bible and learning the teachings of God and how we are supposed to live.
I plan to teach my children to think for themselves and ask questions, trust the instinct that God has given them, teach them to live free, not to get into debt and to allow God to lead them through out their lives.
I am very excited to see how God leads our lives and where he takes us.Sphere: Related Content
I have a two and a half year old who was born at 33 weeks via emergency c-section due to pre-clampsia and placenta abruption. She was vaccinated and had most of her shots up until she was 14 months - she hasn’t had any shots since then and she won’t and neither will any of my other kids as I have them. I will expound on my thoughts on this in another posting.
I have been using disposable diapers with her, but will be cloth diapering the rest of the kids that I have will have.
I will be home schooling my kids, and raising them with the values that were traditionally taught to children and families back when the family unit was a wonderful happy unit that enjoyed being together, sitting around the dinner table talking about the day and playing games, reading the bible and learning the teachings of God and how we are supposed to live.
I plan to teach my children to think for themselves and ask questions, trust the instinct that God has given them, teach them to live free, not to get into debt and to allow God to lead them through out their lives.
I am very excited to see how God leads our lives and where he takes us.Sphere: Related Content
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