The average American woman will have two children, and most American married couples have between 1 and 3 children. The Catholic Church forbids birth control, so one would think Catholic women would have more children than the average woman. But most married Catholic women don't go very far beyond the average.
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A big reason is that many Catholics are more worldly than the Church and God call them to be.  They are "cafeteria Catholics", choosing the parts of the faith that they like and dismissing the rest.  Another reason is that many Catholics are poorly taught . . . they haven't had any teaching since middle or high school (and haven't sought any), so they aren't sure of what is true and what isn't.  Also, there are some who profess the Catholic faith and teach error (my husband was at a meeting of RCIA where a teacher, who had been in the seminary, but left, told the candidates that the Church teaches that birth control is wrong, but that they would be in "big trouble" if they didn't use it).  \n\nIn addition, not using birth control doesn't mean that a woman will have many children.  A good friend, who I think got married in her late twenties, has one living child.  She has also had a miscarriage and had a baby die a few days after birth.  They are not using birth control, but God has not chosen to give her many children at this time.  This is something I must constantly remind myself of, because I tend to judge others based on what I see . . . and a small family doesn't mean small faith in God.  :-)
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Actually, that first answer is wrong.  When I was trying to get pregnant, my DOCTORS told me that if I REALLY wanted to get pregnant I would only have sex 1 to two times a day, if even that much.  They recomended 1-2 times a WEEK.  They said more sex screws up somethin... lol i dont know WHAT, but thats what they said.\n\nhttp://www.babycenter.com/search/?BodyQuery=Signs+of+Fertility&x=0&y=0\nhttp://www.babyhopes.com/articles/naturalfertilitysigns.html
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We are great parents to one child, and that's all our life can let us handle. Not having siblings will not damage a child, there are lots of only children out there as proof!\n\nYou can have more children, so long as your body and the government let you, but it does not make you a better parent. The number of your children should not be the measure of your parental worth. Some families have bunches of kids and do great, and others raise bunches of unhappy kids. You find what works for your family and be happy doing it. Maybe people need to be more understanding.\n\nIf people give you strange looks about having the one, tell them you are waiting to have the second when your husband can carry it, he's dying to be the pregnant one next time! Works for us.
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4. A younger one every 8 years. There are man living such that they marry a younger women at least every 10 years. I think this is disgusting. \nMonogamy is a must. (i think marrried man with girlfriends are also disgusting). sorry.\nOne husband is enough for me.
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The current thinking is this:\n\nBaby girls are typically born with 1-2 million. \nThroughout their lives, every day, they lose  eggs. \nBy the time a girl reaches puberty, she has between 300,000 & 500,000 eggs.\nShe continues to lose them.\n \nThe average woman typically ovulates 400 eggs over a lifetime and the rest are lost.\n\nNothing can slow down this loss. Not pregnancy, not birth control pills. Nothing. \n\nCertain things can speed it up: smoking, chemotherapy, radiation. \n\nThe number of eggs a woman has at age 35 will depend on how many she was born with and if she has any other conditions that would cause her to lose eggs more quickly.  \n\nShe can be tested with a simple blood test, to determine if the quality and quantity of eggs remaining would likely result in pregnancy. (FSH and Estrogen on the third day of the cycle.)\n\nBy age 37, the average woman has about 27,000 eggs. By menopause, she has about 1000 eggs. \n\nBut it's not just the number of eggs that a woman has that determines if she'll get pregnant. Quality also counts. (The day 3 test can also help you here.)
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I suppose its in an monogamous society =>\n1/3*X=3/5*Y <=>\nX=9/5*Y\n\nthe total amount of people will therefor be\nX+Y=Y(1+9/5)=Y*14/5\n\nthe amount of people married is\n2*1/3*x=2*3/5*Y because amount of women and men is equal and the total amount must be the twice of one of a married sex\n\nnow we can calculate the fraction of  married people in town \n\nFraction  of M-people=(2*3/5*Y)/(Y*14/5)=\n6/14=3/7\n=======
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No, but I do think that people should RESTRICT the number of children they have. If most couples restricted themselves to only two children, the our population would go DOWN, because some of these children would die in birth or from disease before they reached reproductive age.\n\n"Do we need to keep adding people to the planet?" The word "need" is, in this instance, subjective. Economically, it would be a very bad idea to stop adding people to the planet. For our /species/, it would be a very bad idea to stop adding people to the planet.\n\nAs for the website you referenced, what good is it for the Earth's biosphere to return to "normal" (a very subjective condition anyway) if humans aren't around to enjoy it?\n\nWe should probably restrict ourselves in the number of children we have. It is crazy to have 10 children in an age where overpopulation is so prevalent. Of course, this might also depend on where you life. It would be worse to have so many children if you lived in India than if you lived in the U.S.
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Before there was birth control, it was normal when you had lots of children (5,7,9,10...). But in the previous century the Chinese government introduced birth control because there were getting too much Chinese: you couldn't get more then one child. For each child "extra" you have to pay more taxes.
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Muslim Americans and Mormons who have more than one wife are breaking the law.  It's called polygamy.  You are not being discriminated against.  You could have more than one wife, as well.  But you would be subject to arrest and conviction, just like them (if you were caught).
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Lets say they started having children at 16 years old and lived to be 900. That could be up to 1178 Children ok if those children started to make babies at 16 and lived to be only 500 then that could be millions in the second generation. Billions in the third.\nSo....yup\n\nMay GOD richly bless you
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THE ANSWER IS,...PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE STATISTICS.  I RATHER THINK THAT "IF THEY DID KNOW THE STATS", THEY MIGHT CHOOSE OTHERWISE. BUT OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED, THE GENERAL WHOLE IS YOUNG AND DONT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A FULL TIME RELATIONSHIP THAT IS "IDEALLY" SUPPOSED TO LAST YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. I WAS MARRIED 5 TIMES,.....BY THE AGE OF 23,.......DONT ASK.......THE FINAL MARRIAGE I HAD LASTED 5 YEARS, WE HAD TWO KIDS,...WHEN WE DIVORCED, I REALIZED THAT I WAS IN LOVE WITH MY WIFE,.........THIS SUCKED AND STILL DOES, I HAVE BEEN SINGLE EVER SINCE.  I SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED,......SHOULD BE FORCED BY THE STATE TO TAKE A 1 YEAR "MARRIAGE MANAGMENT COURSE, OFFERED BY EACH STATE AND IT SHOULD COST $100.00 PER MONTH PER COUPLE"....THIS WOULD END UP BORING THE HELL OUT OF MOST FOLKS AND THE RESULT WOULD BE FEWER MARRIAGES.......SINCE A LARGE MAJORITY OF MARRIAGES END IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS,.....THIS IDEA OF MINE WOULD ENHANCE THE ABILITIES OF SAID COUPLES TO KEEP A MARRIAGE TOGETHER LONGER THAN 18 MONTHS AND THUS ENHANCE THAT MARRIAGE TO RUN A FULL COURSE. BUT IT'S JUST A PRACTICAL IDEA AND SO I IMAGINE IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.THIS IS AMERICA FOR GOD'S SAKE, WE DONT DO PRACTICAL THINGS TOO MUCH THESE DAYS.
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no, not all of them. at least two are married with children.
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The error that I find in the Catholic church is not wanting people to use contraceptives. I mean if they don't want people to have abortions, well then let them prevent getting pregnant in the first place! Another thing is that prist shouldn't be celibate. Having sex is a part of life and I don't understand why priests in the Catholic church can't have wives? (I've seen some priests who looked mighty fine...wonder why they ever became priests!)
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Would'nt rely on statistics.If the adult population of the country was equally men and women.Then statiscally every woman would have one testicle and man one breast
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Let's see... We have been married for 4 years and we have two children and do it 1-2 times a week. I think that is normal for most couples. Since you have no children I would aim for 2-3 times a week. But the question is not how often should we but how often do we WANT to have sex.
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Couple here\n\n\n\nNot often enough, cause of the Kids!!!!\n\n\nBut i heard that for couples the average should be at least twice a week to keep a relationship healthy.
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Islam puts a limit for the number of wives, but forbids adultery; you people in the west limit to only one wife and have no restrictions or limitations on adultery, what kind of logic is this. Think about it and find which the correct one is. Even the changed Christianity forbids marriage on nuns and priests in this life and deprives them in the eternal life, is this natural or logical? Be fair.