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In reply to the discussion: WTF-- IVF is the same as murder? [View all]wnylib
(21,420 posts)of any of these things until I got married in a Catholic church. During pre Cana classes, the priest stated the Church's official position - no birth control except rhythm. A married couple who spoke to the group said they did not think rhythm was reliable. I still remember the quote because it was pretty blunt. The husband said, "When the pope rolls over in the middle of the night, he touches a pillow. When I roll over at night, my hand touches my wife's warm breast."
Then they both said that they would not tell anyone what to do except that, if they did opt for birth control, the wife should avoid using an IUD because it would result in the killing of embryos by preventing them from implanting in the womb.
I miscarried a few times, at 6 or 7 weeks, 10 weeks, and 12 weeks. My mother-in-law told me after the first one that I should have done a baptism. I said I thought that, in the Catholic Church, only priests could perform a sacrament. She said that the circumstances fit an emergency so I could have and should have done it "for the sake of the child's soul."
I'd never heard of such a thing and changed the subject.