I’d always been taught that most people who were saying they’d stopped having children on the advice of their doctor were using it as a cop-out. IBLP’s view was that a lot of people with small families were basically lazy. Feeling overwhelmed, stressed out, or like you couldn’t cope with having more kids was no excuse. In fact, the only acceptable approach to the matter was to leave the decision up to God and trust that he would provide the grace required to cope. Anyone who wasn’t coping just wasn’t relying on God fully enough.
