Natural vs. mainstream parenting, what are you?

"Pregnancy and nursing are more natural than birth control" - well, duh. A no-brainer.
The thing is, nature can sometimes be a killer. Crying or Very sad

Ever hear the expression, "Mother Nature is a
B---h" (rhymes with "rich").

Don't get me wrong. I think "going natural" IS part of Torah. Hashem made the world to tie in with the Torah. Things work a certain way, naturally. When we are closer to nature we are closer to spirituality. That said, please remember that I already explained that I don't do everything "natural". I voted that natural is the ideal but I only do some things.

I also see that a few mothers here who claim to be "artificial", actually do certain "natural" things, for as long as works for them. My attitude is to try to incorporate as much natural as I can, without upsetting myself over it (for example, I don't wear my baby because it hurts my back).
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BTW...I uploaded a source earlier...chaval if it was only on the Lubavitch forum..in which the Rebbe himself makes the distinction between birth control and family planning.

In the beginning of his talk, he says birth control is permitted under certain circumstances if one consults with a trusted Rav...he then goes on to talk about the problem of family planning (I.e. deciding before marriage how many children one "should" have based on their budget etc..)

So, contrary to the all-too-common misconception (pun intended) that Lubavitchers believe birth control is assur gamur unless the woman is ready to be dragged away to the loony bin..there is a distinction between people trying to plan contrary to nature ahead of time and when a woman feels she is under undue pressure and gets a heter from a rav who is familiar with her situation... Wink

(p.s. not on bc, don't know why I am writing that, but just so I don't invite speculation on why I changed my position...I changed my former strident postition because I took a look at what the Rebbe actually SAID on the issue. Wink

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Isra, I guess I misread the tone of your post. I apologise.

In any case, I did not mean to turn this thread into another(!) bc thread. It was just one item on my list of things I try to do naturally.