St. Gerard

briannaasaro

Hey guys, I'm pretty Catholic, which is the only reason I know this. And I know many people are not at all religious so this may not be helpful to you at all. But any help with getting pregnant is worth telling other folks in the same situation, right?

Anyway, someone from my church knows what my husband and I are going through, but she was hesitant to come to me directly. So instead she went to my mom and gave her a medal of St. Gerard that had two prayers attached to it.

The first prayer is for expectant mothers (so clearly, that didn't apply to me and I immediately assumed this woman was a looney). But then I flipped it over and it also had a prayer for women trying to become pregnant. Apparently, St. Gerard is the patron saint of expectant mothers and women longing to conceive.

So if you want a little extra "help," start praying to St. Gerard!

Lord knows I've been wearing my new medal... of course now my husband is all weirded out because I wear it during sex and he asked me if he had to stare at a saint every time now. LOL.

I don't mean to offend anyone or preach to anyone. Just thought for those of you interested, this might be of some value.

Good luck ladies...

kflynn81

I have and wear a medal....and say my prayer card prayer every day during medicated cycles. He's not listening....I wonder if he's hard of hearing maybe I need to speak louder next time, lol

Shortie24

I wear my medal everyday and I also have a little glass stone with a medal in it that I carry in my purse!

I figured that I need all the help that I can get!

briannaasaro

kflynn81:

I have and wear a medal....and say my prayer card prayer every day during medicated cycles. He's not listening....I wonder if he's hard of hearing maybe I need to speak louder next time, lol

 

LOL.... I hear ya, sister. Been praying every day since I learned about St. Gerard. But even before that.... you pray and pray and pray. Some of our prayers came true (after one HORRIBLE SA we got a "good" SA 6 weeks later) but the big prayers hasn't come true yet.

Maybe we need to try another language?

briannaasaro

Shortie24:

I wear my medal everyday and I also have a little glass stone with a medal in it that I carry in my purse!

I figured that I need all the help that I can get!

Amen to that, girl. Someone passed around a fertility statue at work one day for giggles. But I wasn't laughing. I was trying to figure out how to sneak it out of there and bring it home! LOL

Shortie24

briannaasaro:

Shortie24:

I wear my medal everyday and I also have a little glass stone with a medal in it that I carry in my purse!

I figured that I need all the help that I can get!

Amen to that, girl. Someone passed around a fertility statue at work one day for giggles. But I wasn't laughing. I was trying to figure out how to sneak it out of there and bring it home! LOL

 I so would have put it in my purse!

megs3084

Kflynn i have the same medals. I think they sold me duds. Lol

Shortie24

IntuitiveBlue:

Hmm.  I'm Russian Orthodox, and we look to St. Anna (mother of the Virgin Mary - Theotokos) for intercession with respect to fertility.  My husband's Catholic, and the two churches are pretty close in a lot of ways, so I thought I'd add this.  I have icons of her all over my house, but that's because she's my patron saint (my name is Anna).

I saw St. Anna too when I was looking more into it. I just might have to go out and get her medal too!

LuClo

IntuitiveBlue:

Hmm. nbsp;I'm Russian Orthodox, and we look to St. Anna mother of the Virgin Mary Theotokos for intercession with respect to fertility. nbsp;My husband's Catholic, and the two churches are pretty close in a lot of ways, so I thought I'd add this. nbsp;I have icons of her all over my house, but that's because she's my patron saint my name is Anna.

DH is Greek Orthodox se we've got St. Anna here too. Although my background is hispanic so I've got Our Lady of Guadalupe too. I figure they'll understand and work together on this one.

SnowLady1019

As soon as I told my dad that we were TTC and having trouble his wife brought home the St. Gerard prayer card to give me to. I didn't know there was a medal and I'm sure she didn't know either or I would have had one lol. I was raised catholic and married catholic, but I am not big into church and we rarely go. I did however put the prayer card on my night stand and have said the prayer a few tiimes...

Both of our families are very catholic. FIL is a deacon and my dads wife went to school to become a nun, but at the last minute decided it wasn't for her. So I'm sure poor St. Gerard has heard enough about me lol.

briannaasaro

IntuitiveBlue:

LuClo:

IntuitiveBlue:

Hmm. I'm Russian Orthodox, and we look to St. Anna mother of the Virgin Mary Theotokos for intercession with respect to fertility. My husband's Catholic, and the two churches are pretty close in a lot of ways, so I thought I'd add this. I have icons of her all over my house, but that's because she's my patron saint (my name is Anna).

DH is Greek Orthodox se we've got St. Anna here too. Although my background is hispanic so I've got Our Lady of Guadalupe too. I figure they'll understand and work together on this one.

Seeing as we need all the help we can get, I'm sure they'll understand our need to cast a wide net! 

 

I think maybe infertility a non-denominational religion LOL

kflynn81

megs3084:

Kflynn i have the same medals. I think they sold me duds. Lol

I think we should get our money back!

kflynn81

briannaasaro:

kflynn81:

I have and wear a medal....and say my prayer card prayer every day during medicated cycles. He's not listening....I wonder if he's hard of hearing maybe I need to speak louder next time, lol

 

LOL.... I hear ya, sister. Been praying every day since I learned about St. Gerard. But even before that.... you pray and pray and pray. Some of our prayers came true (after one HORRIBLE SA we got a "good" SA 6 weeks later) but the big prayers hasn't come true yet.

Maybe we need to try another language?

Well if that is the case I hope he speaks minimal Spanish or German, because that's all I've got, LOL