Full Quiver Theology: legit or crazy?

Ladies, what do y’all know about the subsection of Christians who adhere to the verse in Psalms about children being a blessing from the Lord, etc who don’t agree with tracking their cycles or their fertility at all, but instead let God plan their families? If you’re familiar with this group you may be on guard immediately, but I’m not saying all of it is necessarily God’s plan. For example, I’m not saying the borderline misogynistic way that the men make decisions for the family is what God meant by giving Adam eve. I don’t even know for sure if any of it is what He wants from us.

I can’t speak for others, but He’s had me on a journey to surrender this area of my life to Him. I am a woman who struggled with self-worth issues most of my life until He redeemed me from that. I selfishly wanted just one child and one pregnancy when my now-hubby and I were engaged because I was afraid what a pregnancy would do to my body. It’s a very long story, but over time the Lord asked me to give that to Him and set within me a desire to mother again when my firstborn was close to 18 months old. It was a painful season because my husband did not want another child for close to a year. Finally, he relented when my OBGYN said my chronic pain could be reset if I had another pregnancy. The Lord softened his heart and one month later we were pregnant! We both come from high fertility families. My parents made the medical decision to limit their family after my younger sister was born, but my husband is 1 of 8. So a BIG family. It had its ups and downs, but he doesn’t want that for us. It’s odd, but neither do I. I DO however, feel led of the Lord to be obedient to Him and trust His plan with our family size. I recently learned of this theology (see title) and it makes sense to me! When I researched a bit more, I liked that it said many of the couples went on to have no children or only ___ number of children. Surrendering doesn’t mean we will 100% have a large family, but I have to

wonder: how much richer would our lives be if my husband and I took this step of faith on a swiftly tilting planet moving farther and farther from the Son?

I’d love to know thoughts you have and if you know people like this. We have some good friends who have surrendered their fertility to God and He has never forsaken them. He’s always provided for them.