Correct me if I’m wrong, but you need ovarian cysts to get pregnant, and I had them, but they were painful. Birth control pills get rid of the cysts?

And your point was well made. I think Lauren brought it back to contraception because that’s what this blog is about…

As for Napro, I wish there were more places you could go to for it. It’s going to be a hard sell for my daughter-in-law because all the clinics are so far away. She would be going for health reasons and not moral ones, so I don’t know how committed she is to trying alternative therapy.

Of course, we can only hope that in the future, all female medicine goes the way Napro does. It’s obviously the best way.

You’re right, it’s all about good health OPTIONS for women, regardless of religion…

MK

I reread your post and I misread. I apologise. But I didn’t mean the recommend as a moral/religious debate about birth control. That is why when I saw this:
It’s not like the Catholics have a ban on medicine or something. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I got kind of defensive because while birth control for me is not an option for religious and moral reasons, good health options for women are regardless of religion.

An example would be I don’t want my kids to have cavaties, so I limit their intake of sugary treats, and make them brush their teeth. If someone said to me “oh, you don’t let them have lots of jellybeans because your Catholic, right? But don’t Catholics allow candy and dentists? Correct me if I’m wrong.” I would find that annoying.

Because my reference was not about being contradictory to birth control, it was about women’s health. Instead she turned it into a debate about birth control after I said that my reference was not about the moral aspects of birth control.

The Pill does not cure ovarian cysts, or many other women’s health disorders that are treated by the Pill. It justs masks the symptoms (and very often contributes to the underlying problem). NaPro technology has success in curing things like ovarian cysts, PCOS, and post partum depression.

Anyway, I think women deserve better than simply being sterilized instead of cured out of a political agenda and doctor’s laziness. With my pregnancies, I have hired certified professional midwives for care. I am pretty sure not one of them is pro-life, but they all advocate taking personal responsibility to one’s health. It is not about a political agenda, it is about doing what is best.

Why do you think Lauren was being contrary. She went to the site. She made a joke, and now she is asking us to reiterate why we are opposed to birth control…

What did I miss?

MK

I thought you were honestly saying that ovarian cysts were an issue that you were addressing, as opposed to simply coming and being contrary. Tried to help from one woman to another. I was wrong. I won’t make the same mistake.

Can i ask you guys something though? I dont understand why artificial contraception like the rhythm method are acceptable when their ends are the same? You are trying in essence to prevent pregnancy. Arent you not supposed to do that? It’s not like the Catholics have a ban on medicine or something. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

The document, addressed to all the faithful, points out that Catholics may not receive communion if they do not accept Church teaching on matters such as abortion and homosexuality. Catholics should refrain from Holy Communion, says the document, “when they lack adherence to what the Church authoritatively teaches on matters of faith and morals.

The letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to the US Bishops continued, “Regarding the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia, when a person’s formal cooperation becomes manifest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws), his Pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.” …

“When these precautionary measures have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,” concluded the Cardinal “and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it.” (see the full letter from Cardinal Ratzinger: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/apr/050419a.html )

Lauren, this refers to what I said about women who have had abortions…

I don’t know if you saw where John added that the woman must be aware of her sin, but there you have it. Recieving communion is serious business and must be done with the utmost sincerity and the cleanest of souls…

MK

How about 5000 signatures of men who beat their wives? Or 5000 rapists who think it’s perfectly okay to rape women? Or…well you get the picture…

MK

That is so funny. I was just on their website hoping to help my daughter-in-law (she has excessive bleeding), when I read Laurens post. I came on just now to tell her about NaPro…

See Lauren, that’s how the Big Guy works…He wants you to be well but not be sinful…so He got this info to you through two of His believers…New meaning to Amazing Grace…

MK

Just for a sec, let’s put aside the fact that I am not pro-contraception, but in the interests of the arguments you put forth:expense and bad reactions to medication:

Check out NaPro Technology. It has been more effective in curing women’s healthcare issues not just numbing the side effects like the Pill does.

I go to Planned Parenthood. There is no pay-scale thing that I am aware of. The only difference in price between PP and my original OB-gyn was price of the exam, which was only 35 dollars. I can only take really low-dose birth control, hence the ring, because the higher-dose makes me feel nauseated a few days out of the month. It was too much of an inconvenience getting sick like that. Take that with a grain of salt though and don’t take it as a mark against contraception or hormonal birth control. I get sick on almost every type of prescribed medicine. I went on a medication for a completely unrelated illness and almost had to be admitted to the hospital. We all react differently to medication.

They are not.