Orthodoxy & artificial contraception

sue57 · Post by **sue57** » Mon 7 June 2004 7:50 pm

Here it is: http://www.paratheke.net/stephanos/arti ... _view.html

I hope this is useful. (I think you're going to have to paste the link in.)

Theodora Elizabeth · Post by **Theodora Elizabeth** » Wed 9 June 2004 10:28 pm

Justin Kissel wrote:
I'm curious, what type of response (numbers I mean ) have you gotten with NFP among Orthodox Christians?

Justin ~

Actually, we've had a lot of pretty good response. Our group now numbers about 50 (that is, those who participate in our e-mail group on Yahoo). Last October, I gave a presentation on the basics of NFP at a meeting of the Chicago chapter of OC for Life. The response was very, very positive. One older woman there, who turned out to have been raised in the Church of Rome, but converted to O. when she married her Greek husband, said she had always used the old calendar rhythm method, and had her three children when she planned them. Another woman, early 20s, married and a college student, had gotten pregnant the year before while on the pill. Her response was, "Why was I never told about this [NFP]?"

A lot of our work is word of mouth. One couple uses it, the woman talks to a newly engaged or married couple, and it grows from there.

Theodora Elizabeth

_cizinec_ · Post by **_cizinec_** » Thu 10 June 2004 9:51 am

My wife and I use NFP very effectively. We also have an exception. My wife has Antiphospholipis Syndrome and getting pregnant is risky business (she is currently pregnant and having a c-section on July 8th).

Because of her condition she is not allowed to take birth control pills (which we wouldn't do anyway). Considering the other methods, NFP seemed to be the least offending. We use the Creighton method and it's great.

It's been a real education that makes me understand my wife a lot better. I probably know more about . . . .

Well, let's just say I know more than I ever wanted to know.

Justin Kissel · Post by **Justin Kissel** » Thu 10 June 2004 12:47 pm

Theodora Elizabeth,

Though I do have issues with NFP, I am somehow glad that things are going well. Maybe that sounds contradictory; maybe it is. Nonetheless, I do believe that there are exceptions, and I hope people who are in these exceptional situations can find good information and make an informed decision, and not just the one pushed onto them by our culture (and the medical profession) in general.