But whose to say that God doesn't want you to have more. By using an IUD your killing the embyro, and taking it into to you own hands, so doesnt that mean your kind of playing God? and no you cannot convince me that an IUD doesnt do that...I've read what it does...of and if by some chance you do get pregnant with an IUD, its going to be implanted into your childs head. So not only will you have the added financial burden of another child, you will also have the added stress of dealing with a handicapped child. Be careful what you say you will not do, because a lot of times it comes back...So you say you think adopting is the way to go, well if you concerned about the costs, its going to be a lot more to adopt then to just have another one....
But anyhoos...BC in general does mess with your system, and I actually know this for a fact, its not just my opinion, because yes I have done my research. Once a woman goes off of it, she has a hard time conceiving....but anyhoos....

Anna, not sure what your definition of an embryo is but there's no fertalization going on when one has an IUD.

I researched IUD's for almost a year (online, talking to people who had them in the past and currently, and talking to my OB/GYN) before deciding it was the safest, healthiest for of BC I could use. The IUD's of today are much improved over what they were several decades ago. And it's not the IUD being in your babies head that one has to worry about... it's the baby growing in your tubes that is the real danger. That however outweighed the other alternatives.

Bottom line... IMO... if it's not a life (and of course we believe, or maybe it's just me, that life begins at conception) then you're not killing. If preventing pregnancy with BC is abortion then so is abstaining... if you abstain then you're also preventing conception and playing God aren't you??

We're expect to be in some sort of control of our lives... we don't let the wind decide what we're going to do each day (unless we fly in hotair balloons). I think the reason that this topic isn't directly discussed in SOP is b/c it's a personal decision between husband and wife as to what is best for their family.

Ooopsss... have to fix dinner and rush off to prayer meeting!

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