We've been married for five years and have two daughters so far, but only one son. But, by spacing apart our pregnancies, we give both our sons and daughters a better chance of being born healthy and staying that way. They won't have to struggle as much as we do to support their own families. I nod enthusiastically. Yes, I agree with you all.
Family planning means so much more than just having fewer children.
I pause to frame a response, but Nambang answers for me. I've had ten children, but only five have lived to grow into men and women. That's how it was when I was raising a family. But so much has changed in a generation. The government water and sanitation project has piped clean water into our community for the first time.