A public opinion at the present time is being gradually produced
which takes it for granted that as a matter of good form young people
should not have children for a few years after marriage, and it is
becoming a common practice to start married life with sordid and
unnatural preparations for a natural act; yet many of these young
people, men and women alike, are most anxious to have children, and
only seek to know how to prevent them because they believe it to be
"the thing to do."
One or two illustrations which have come to my personal knowledge will
perhaps show the kind of idea which is conveyed to the mind of young
people by books and speeches on this subject, though such results may
not have been desired by the authors or speakers.
A young bride came to her mother on returning from her honeymoon and
said, "Mother, how long must we wait before having children--is it
really necessary to prevent them for a year or two? We are both dying
to have babies."
A young couple on the eve of marriage consulted a gynaecologist
regarding the question of using the cap pessary to prevent the
possibility of having children for a few years.
The bride, who was greatly distressed, produced the pessary which she
had purchased, and said she could not possibly use it; her fiance,
however, had been advised that she could, and ought to do so, hence
the first serious dispute had arisen between them, clouding the
future.
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