I am not personally aware of any discussions or teachings of the sort, but the Orthodox Church in America did field the question in the following Q&A article (answered by Fr. John Matusiak) which I have quoted for everyone below:
http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=147&SID=3
\"The control of the conception of a child by any means is also condemned by the Church if it means the lack of fulfillment in the family, the hatred of children, the fear of responsibility, the desire for sexual pleasure as purely fleshly, lustful satisfaction, etc.
Again, however, married people practicing birth control are not necessarily deprived of Holy Communion, if in conscience before God and with the blessing of their spiritual father, they are convinced that their motives are not entirely unworthy. Here again, however, such a couple cannot pretend to justify themselves in the light of the absolute perfection of the Kingdom of God.\"
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