Your feet are swollen, your hormones are a mess, and you still crave too much ice cream. For every mother-to-be, the nine months of pregnancy can be demanding. Competing with the joy of anticipation is the frustration of bodily pain and limitation. In this intimate book, Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle invites pregnant women everywhere to see their pregnancy not as a burden but as a living prayer to God. Connecting the nine months of pregnancy with the nine-part novena prayer tradition known to Catholics everywhere, Donna Marie shows how each month of pregnancy connects the mother to the great Catholic saints and teachers. Alongside the devotional and the catechetical helps are pointed references to the development of the child in the womb as the months of pregnancy progress.

Pregnancy is a time of great preparation. We prepare the nursery for the baby, we prepare our families to welcome a new member, we prepare our bodies to bring a sweet new life into the outside world. But how much thought do we give to preparing our hearts? Praying Through Your Pregnancy is the perfect companion for this special time in your life. Each chapter in this week-by-week guide reveals what is happening with your baby's development that week, starting with the very first moment of conception. You'll discover how to reduce stress and anxiety by placing your confidence in God for the healthy development of your precious growing baby. Journaling space helps you remember in years to come how God was at work at every stage. And each chapter contains a special list of Scripture verses to guide further prayer and meditation on God's Word. As you enter a time of great joy--and great change--for your family, let Praying Through Your Pregnancy be with you every step of the way.

Amidst the doctor visits, the showers, and the physical and emotional changes that come with pregnancy, it’s easy to forget to prepare yourself spiritually to welcome your newborn into the world. That’s why Éline Landon crafted for you these maternal reflections and gathered these gentle Scripture passages — to help you prayerfully live each month of your pregnancy according to God’s loving plan. As the birth of your child approaches, turn to these loving pages to refresh your soul, strengthen your faith, and gain inspiration from the example set by the many expectant couples in Scripture: From the Old Testament, Hannah will show you and your spouse how to wait patiently for the conception of the child you so desire. Tobias and Sarah will help you order your priorities in a way that produces a strong, stable family. Our Lady will teach you how to bear the uncertainties of pregnancy and prepare to raise a family without fear. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth will help you experience Christ’s presence through the child you carry in your own womb. With the gifts of the Holy Spirit revealed here, you will learn to overcome discouragement. The Infant Jesus in the manger will teach you how to prepare interiorly for childbirth. And even Mary Magdalene will come to your aid, revealing to you certain crucial duties you have as a parent, in addition to caring for your baby. Whether you are hoping and praying for the conception of a child or are already expecting, this beautiful book will open your eyes and your heart to the grandeur of God’s plan for your family and to the unfathomable love with which He cares for those who trust in Him.

A Prayer for Baby is a pregnancy devotional that includes a prayer for each day of baby, mommy, and familys 40-week journey during mommys pregnancy. The devotional contains prayers focused on what baby is experiencing for that day/week, in basic scientific terms. A Prayer for Baby provides prayers that remind us of Gods Word and encourages the expecting mom to trust in the power of His might!

Prayer for Pregnant Women answers all your baby questions like: What can I eat for two? Can I keep up my training classes? When can I take a pregnancy test? Is fish, soft cheese safe to eat? I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow? Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job? Should we do a gender reveal? Will I know labor when I feel it? This prayer book is written for pregnant women. It shall serve as wedlock seal and marital connector to marriages that have lost hope to wicked cloud of bareness. It covers areas of counsel and prayer needed during pregnancy. As you make use of this book, every contrary weapon that may cause fear, sorrow or marital failure shall vanish by fire. Fears in respect of miscarriage, stillbirth or untimely death during or after putting to bed shall never be experienced in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. You are a champion, a wonderful mother and a living testimony of this generation.

Expecting and raising a new baby is an exciting time in life--one filled with hope, anxiety, optimism, and wonder. This collection of prayers for parents feeds the spiritual side of the prospect of imminent parenthood. This book contains a series of simple, kindly, and heartfelt prayers appropriate for all stages of a new child's life, from preconception until the first birthday. Kathleen Finley, author of Savoring God: Praying with All Our Senses (2003) and Dear God: Prayers for Families with Children, offers prayers for almost any occasion in a new baby's first year, prayers for guidance before and during pregnancy, as well as for those going through the adoption process. Appropriately tied to passages from the Bible, these prayers will warm the hearts of anyone seeking to foster spirituality at this special time. Welcome! Prayers for New and Pregnant Parents offers a means for parents, grandparents, stepparents, siblings, and even birth coaches to fully realize and appreciate God's miracle of new human life. It gives us many reasons to ask God's blessings, at just the time when it is needed so much.

Pregnancy can be time of trial, challenge, and opportunity. Pregnancy = 40 weeks of preparation is the ideal book for any mother to be.