"I don't want anymore children"

This is a very popular question I hear from mothers (generally not from fathers) who decide to tie their tubes or have their husbands have a visectamy.  "Two is enough", they say, "My pregnancy was very traumatic and I don't want to go through that again" or "now I can catch up on sleep",  "now I can do things I really want to do".  But then they would say something like.  "But sometimes, I wish for another one".

Wow!  It really saddens me that Christians have said "No" to life.  They also value their life, or self fulfillment  more than the life of a precious child whom God calls it a blessing.  When I see them with their little ones, they are happy.  I see how God got them through the hard times of pregnancy or birth, if it was a hard one.  How quickly do we forget the way God saves.  When He sends a life, He will see it through and He determines how long that life will live.

Many people I know have made this descision of not having anymore children.   In most situations, the wife has convinced the husband this is the right choice.  Doesn't it sound like, "It's my body and I can decide if I want to have it?  God cannot control me here, He would not know when or how to make a wise descision for me about when and how many children I can have."  All of the sudden, God is ignorant concerning when and how and to whom He chooses to bless with a prescious child.  The One who created us and knows us intimately, does not really know what is best for us?  I cannot trust Him in this, so I have to take action into my own account and end giving life for good.

Have you, or anyone you know, made this descicion?  How do you feel about it now?  Please feel safe and loved in sharing your feelings, mournings, or relfections.