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Haven't had sex for too long?

Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet, everything happens only a certain number of times, I am the mother of 5 children, 4 are still alive and one was a SIDS. Of those children, 3 were born by a mid-wife attending and 2 were born in the hospital with all the doctor's preferences instead of mine. My first baby died when he was 16 days old and he was born in a hospital. My next baby was born with a mid-wife attending in a hospital setting with all the birthing plans that I wanted. I was home within 6 hours of the birth in my own bed with my newborn. The next baby was born in a hospital only because the doctor knew that if there were any complications I would not risk having the baby at home. He wanted the money and told me that my blood count was too low and I risked a blood transfusion. Curious enough as soon as the baby was born my blood count was above normal. Convenient for the doctor. The last two were born at home, I listened to my gut feeling instead of the doctor both times. I had the most beautiful home births with 2 mid-wives attending each of those births. I raised 4 very healthy babies to adulthood. Life is precious for each one of them.