On August 9th a Protestant mother writes us: “I have just finished reading The Seven Standards. It is immeasurably wonderful to have all of my mothering instincts validated in a society where formula companies and contraceptive manufacturers are using gorilla tactics to scare women into feeling guilty for not using their products. I cannot believe how people refuse to open their eyes to the facts that these methods alienate fathers from their God-intended roles and cheapen the blessing and hard work of motherhood. After talking about your book last night with my husband, we realized that even though I had been having my period for several months after the birth of our second child (I had used the pill briefly out of fear of conception and started regular menses that continued after I went off the pill) we did not conceive until I had weaned our son at 14 months. We have since begun reading the NFPI manual, Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach, and checking my temperature so we can keep an eye out for my fertility, but we are both thoroughly enjoying eco-breastfeeding. We take our baby everywhere and both enjoy the extra cuddling at night, especially my husband who commutes an hour each direction to work everyday and misses the children sorely 5 days a week. Your book and website are truly a blessing to our whole family, offering us invaluable support in our battle to raise our family with God’s will and His plan instead of giving in to social pressure. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
P.S. Although we are Protestant (Anglican) I gleefully informed my husband that the Pope wants me to take a nap everyday with my babies and now have his full support…..”
Sheila Kippley
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor