![]() The woman was Carri Chmielewski, author of the now-private blog “ Carri Me Away,” where she described her Quiverfull lifestyle, eschewing contraception, having as many children as God gave her, submitting to her husband’s leadership, and, in a related conviction common among Quiverfull adherents, her plans to deliver her children through unassisted childbirth-a home birth with no doctors, nurses, or midwives to help her and her husband through labor and aftercare.įor weeks, Chmielewski’s plans drew the scrutiny and concern of Quiverfull critics, such as the commenters on the wryly-named ”Free Jinger” forum, a discussion board dedicated to “freeing” Jinger Duggar, one of the daughters of the Quiverfull Duggar family featured on reality TV show 18 Kids and Counting. ![]() In the last week of June, two different circles of blogs invested in the Quiverfull movement-both as critics and supporters of the pro-natalist, patriarchal, conservative Christian lifestyle-focused on the sad news of the death of one Quiverfull mother’s child shortly after birth. ![]()
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