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Mary G
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How about if we start a novena on Dec 1 for all those due during the month of December (you lucky ladies!  ) that all may have a safe labor and delivery and that all the Advent/Christmas babies may have a wonderful start in this world.
So, ladies, here is the list of those who will be birthing little bundles of joy in the month of Christ's birth (how cool is that):
- Erica (unless she goes this week -- we'll make her an honorary Dec)
- Jenn GM
- Molly Davis
- Chemai
- JoAnna ("MRSGRANOLA")
- Valerie ("VMALOTT")
- Melissa Claire
- Mary Theresa
- Blair in TX ("BLAIRB4")
Please post below if you are due in December so we can be sure and pray for you -- we don't want to miss anyone!
ETA: JoAnna -- I just noticed you're due in December -- YIPPPPPEEEEEE!
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I'm not in December...at least I hope not! I was due last Friday. No baby yet, though. I pray it is this week, before December, when, if I go that long, my doctor will start talking induction. Thanks Mary and all! :)
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Erica -- we'll add you as a "tentative December birthing"  !
But I'll keep you in my prayers now and until I hear you've had the baby and all is well....
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Chemai will definately having her little Augustine in December!
Tomorrow she finds out the ceasarian date but it will be much closer to Christmas day than expected with the doctors wanting to ceasar now between 38-39 weeks.
So this will be a blessed Christmas arrival that so many of the ladies here have prayed VERY fervently for! 
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Thanks Annie, I've added her above. That is sensational news that she's been able to hold the baby this long -- GOD is SO GOOD!
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I am due Dec 12. But I will gladly go anytime this little guy is ready! 
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Many prayers for all of you.
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Praying for all of you.
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Mary for setting this up!! (Showing my ignorance here...) Is there a certain novena prayer that weīre going to do... To St. Gerard.. or someone else (Insert a question mark here... Iīm on my momīs weird keyboard, and punctuation marks donīt work the right way...  )
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I think St. Gianna Molla would be good? I can sort of relate to her better than St. Gerard ... but that's just me! 
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God our Father we praise You and we bless you because in St Gianna Beretta Molla you have given us one who witnessed to the Gospel as a young women, as a wife, as a mother, and as a doctor. We thank you because through the gift of her life we can learn to welcome and honor every human person.
You, Lord Jesus, were for Gianna a splendid example.
She learned to recognize you in the beauty of nature.
As she was questioning her choice of vocation she went
in search of you and the best way to serve you.
Through her married love she became a sign of
your love for the Church and for humanity.
Like you, the Good Samaritan, she cared for everyone
who was sick, small or weak. Following your example,
out of love she gave herself entirely,
generating new life.
Holy Spirit, Source of every perfection, give us wisdom, intelligence, and courage so that, following the example of Saint Gianna and through her intercession, we may know how to place ourselves at the service of each person we meet in our personal, family and professional lives, and thus grow in love and holiness.
Amen.
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Or, how 'bout Our Lady of Guadlupe?
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Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe, according to your message in Mexico I venerate you as "the Virgin. Mother of the true God for whom we live, the Creator of all the world, Maker of heaven and earth." In spirit I kneel before your most holy Image which you miraculously imprinted upon the cloak of the Indian Juan Diego, and with the faith of the countless numbers of pilgrims who visit your shrine, I beg you for this favor: to be a generous, self-sacrificing, faithful Marian Catechist all the days of my life.
Remember, O Immaculate Virgin, the words you spoke to your devout client, "I am a merciful Mother to you and to all your people who love me and trust in me and invoke my help. I listen to their lamentations and solace all their sorrows and their sufferings." I beg you to be a merciful Mother to me, because I sincerely love you and trust in you and invoke your help. I entreat you, Our Lady of Guadalupe, to grant my request, if this should be the Will of God, in order that I may "bear witness to your love, your compassion, your help and protection." Do not forsake me in my needs.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. Hail Mary . . . (3 times)
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Or, if y'all prefer, here's the St. Gerard novena:
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Novena to St. Gerard
Most Blessed Trinity, I, Your child, thank You for all the gifts and privileges which You granted to St. Gerard, especially for those virtues with which You adorned him on earth and the glory which You now impart to him in heaven. Accomplish Your work, Oh Lord, so that Your kingdom may come about on earth. Through his merits, in union with those of Jesus and Mary, grant me the grace for which I ask.... (Mention your request)
And you, my powerful intercessor, St. Gerard, always so ready to help those who have recourse to you, pray for me. Come before the throne of Divine Mercy and do not leave without being heard. To you I confide this important and urgent affair.... Graciously take my cause in hand and do not let me end this novena without having experienced in some way the effects of your intercession. Amen.
O good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your help. While on earth, you always fulfilled God's designs; help me, too, always do God's holy will. Beseech the master of life, from whom all parenthood proceeds, to bless me with offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life and heirs to the kingdom of God's glory in the life to come.
Amen.
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Sounds good, Mary! Thanks for thinking of this. Praying along with you.
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I'm being induced 12/21 and would love all the prayers I can get! Thank you!
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Aussie Annie and Maryan -- when are y'all due?
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Oh, count me too! I'm due 12/28 with my second. Thanks for all the prayers and I will pray too. I do think of all of you due soon and can't wait to hear each news!
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Mary G wrote:
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I am due on the 17th of January, so this Thursday, I'll have 5 weeks to go!
I have to say, I tend to go over with all of them, but usually not more than a week...
Just as long as bubba comes in time for a 2nd of Feb baptism (Feast of the Purification.)
I remember booking my last baby's baptism for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe even though I knew I could go seriously over and Father chuckled, "What? You want to book the baptism before the baby arrives?"....Yep, I did!
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I'm just catching this now, but I am not only not due in December, but I'm not expecting at all . I suspect you got me confused with Molly Davis. Many blessings for all the expectant families!!
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MelissaClaire wrote:
I'm being induced 12/21 and would love all the prayers I can get! Thank you!
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Melissa, are you still being induced tomorrow? Either way, you have my prayers! Let us know how things are going.
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Hah...I just checked this out to see who else was due and hasn't had their December baby yet. I'm not due for another 3 weeks, so that's January. Although, I admit I wouldn't mind a 38-weeker...this boy's feeling pretty big already! Either way, I'll still take the prayers.
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Wanted to check back in to say that Rachel Katherine was born on 12/21! She weighed in at 7lbs 1 oz, but after struggling with some jaundice issues (which included a hospital stay) which then upset my milk supply she's down to 6 pounds 10 oz. Her billirubin level is still high so we have to go get it checked again tomorrow, but I'm hopeful we won't be headed back to the hospital.
Thank you for the prayers. I physically felt them during labor.
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Congratulations Melissa! Welcome Rachel! 
Have a great babymoon! And when you're up to it, I need to order some birth announcements.
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Topic: December Maternity Novena
