My wife and I got married in 2007, and we read his talk about not putting off having children. Our understanding as we read was that we should let no worldly reason prevent us or slow us down. We hadn't known each other for a year yet, and wanted to wait for ~3 years so that we had a firm emotional relationship. But sitting in the temple, we decided to not wait for that. Each pregnancy got more and more dangerous, with the fourth one causing permanent damage to my wife. We decided to get me operated on in order to preserve my wife's life. I suspect President Kimball would disagree with that choice. Other than that early part, I loved the talk.

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It's so important that each of us receives personal revelation for these eternal choices. Speaking from experience, nearly losing my wife during her fourth pregnancy and experiencing the full-term stillbirth of our daughter during her second pregnancy made growing our family incredibly challenging, to say the least. We have lost more children than we have alive with us today, but the last couple of children we welcomed into our earthly home came with fewer medical complications. Medical doctors strongly advised against our choices and frequently verbally assaulted me for putting my wife at risk. The decision to have more children was always made together, and we witnessed miracles in our lives that we would never have experienced if we had stopped and listened to the medical experts.