Quiverfull if you can't nurse

[Leanna]

There are some women who can't nurse (you can argue about how many depending on how lactivist you're feeling ) or who even if they do have fertility return within 6 months. Those people might have a baby very often if no NFP or anything. Can people really be quiverfull in those situations?

 

[sparassidae]

Well personally I have no experience with that. I have always had a least a year post partum without fertility.

So in one sense, yes it is easier because I don't have to think about having 20 children or having children only 9 months apart.

But I'm sure there are plenty out there who are happy to trust God even with uber fertility.

 

[jgonz]

The thing to remember is that it doesn't Matter how "fertile" you are, or how soon your menses return, or whether you breastfeed or not... The point is that G-d is in TOTAL control. HE is the giver of life. You have to set aside your intellect for this and step out in faith that He Never gives you more than you can handle.

Some Quiverful families have 0 children, 1, 2, 3... and yes, some have very large families. But it's up to G-d. It doesn't matter what you do (or don't do) you still won't have any more than G-d is going to give you.

It's really rather freeing to be able to let go and give it to the L-rd... (and this from a not technically Quiverful mom, who got pregnant over & over again ANYWAY, even with her DH insisting on using barrier methods. LOL)

 

[teishpriest]

Nursing didn't work out for my mom, so yes, some people just can't seem to breastfeed. She would have had at least five kids if not for three miscarriages. She had some serious bleeding and other complications and the doctor told my parents that she should not get pregnant again. So, it was just my sister and I.

I do nurse, and my period returns whenever the kids start solids. (As much as I dislike my period, I may wait a bit longer this time around, LOL!) My kids are not quite a year and a half apart.

Even forumula-feeding some women do not see the return of their period right away either.

I guess the point is that it IS ultimately up to God anyway when we have children. I believe that the Bible is clear that God alone has control over life. So, the reverse is also true, if it is not His timing for us to have a baby, then there is nothing that WE can do to MAKE it happen.

 

[sweetangelmum]

I get my periods back at about 4 months even though I breastfeed all the time. For my mum she bf and never got her period back till she stoped I have never been so blessed.