[Magdalen] parochialism

[Sally Davies]

My paternal gp both from large families, but maternal gp one of two and an
only child. Parents each one of three. None of it to do with contraceptive
tablets....which sadly are not necessarily compatible with a full and happy
sex life for women. They can take the pleasure away just like that, and it
may not come back.

Whilst people mock the rhythm method, with some careful multi track
pmonitoring and where cycles are clock regular, it can work really well and
also help when folks want to conceive.

I believe anyone who wants birth control of any type should have free
access to it but there are other issues that are just as important or more
so, regarding sexuality especially for the young.

Sally.

On Thursday, 07 July 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> My grandparents each had 3 (my father's oldest brother was stillborn).
> However, my maternal grandmother was the youngest of 9. I'm the oldest of
> 3. My late ex was the third in a Roman Catholic family of 4 kids. His dad
> was one of either 6 or 7, I forget. One of his uncles had 13(!) kids. We
> had 4, lost one to SIDS. My daughter has 2, Adam had one.
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > My grandparents each had 3 children. My mom had 2. My Roman Catholic
> > doctor would not prescribe the pill until after I gave birth to my 4th
> > child in December of 1965. Then in 1992 we adopted our 5th child who grew
> > up with our grandchildren.
> >
> > Esther
> >
> > On 7/6/2016 3:28 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> >
> >> Gma O had one child. Gma Hayes had two children. Mom had two.
> >>
> >> Uh huh, always the contrarian...
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> In a message dated 7/6/2016 11:35:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>> michaudme at gmail.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;> writes:
> >>>
> >>> My  great-grandmother had 22 children.
> >>> My grandmother had 9.
> >>> My mother had  2.>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>
> >>> A similar pattern for my family, though they were Pietist Lutherans:
> >>>
> >>> My great grand father's first wife had 15 children; he remarried and
> >>> had another 8 via the new wife (my grandmother).  There were so
> >>> many children in that generation that they began to reuse names
> >>> from the first set.  So there are two Andrew Liums, one from the  first
> >>> set and one from the second set (my grandfather).  What a  nightmare
> >>> to do genealogy.
> >>>
> >>> My grandmother had 10 children
> >>> My mother had two.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> David Strang (from D'estreing to Streing to Streng to Strang).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>