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Crying to Mama Mary for Fertility Concerns

  • Writer: Natalie Klinkhammer, CFCP
    Natalie Klinkhammer, CFCP
  • 3 hours ago
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Our Mama Mary
Our Mama Mary

     As an adult woman, life can just be so dang hard and miserable sometimes. And while you tell yourself you’re a grown-up and can handle anything, sometimes you just can’t do it all on your own and you wish you could just go crying to your mama. In those tough moments, that’s exactly what you need to do: go crying to your Mama Mary! Jesus gave us such a beautiful gift in giving us Mary as our own Mother, and like any good mother, she is always ready to intercede for her crying children any way she can under one of her many beautiful titles. (And just to clarify, you’re not praying to Mary, you’re asking for her intercession for you, same as you would ask a friend to pray for a particular situation for you). Here are some of my favorite Marian devotions to call upon when I need my Mama Mary more than ever, particularly when it comes to fertility.


Mary, Undoer of Knots: This Marian devotion is not for the faint of heart, friends. I personally consider this to be a very serious, heavy hitter, coming out guns a-blazing kind of devotion to pray when up against an impossible or hopeless situation. There is such a beautiful novena to pray to ask for Mary’s intercession under this title and she will always ensure your prayer is answered (but it may not look like what you think your answer should be, as I learned in my fertility journey years ago). I particularly like to invoke Mary under this title when praying for clients going through infertility.


Our Lady of Good Counsel: Discernment is such a tricky thing, especially when it comes to fertility in married life. Are we being called to add another child to our family through birth or adoption? Is God telling us our family is complete? Which plan of care should we choose for bringing healing to our infertility? There can be so many good and thoughtful questions we are asking ourselves, and sometimes there seem to be a multitude of good options! When that’s the case, I like to take some quiet time alone and also with my spouse to ask Our Lady of Good Counsel’s intercession to help bring clarity and peace to decision making.


Our Lady of Guadalupe: Pregnant and feeling stressed? Concerns with baby’s ultrasound or genetic testing? Our Lady of Guadalupe is here to help! In her appearance to St. Juan Diago, Our Lady of Guadalupe herself is pregnant as a reminder to us that she is a woman who understands the stresses and concerns of pregnancy. As the patroness of unborn babies, Our Lady of Guadalupe is there to comfort our mamas’ hearts when fears and anxieties about our own unborn babes can begin to intrude.


Our Lady of La Leche: A Marian devotion I can invoke when breastfeeding my newborn babe? Sign me up! Call upon Our Lady of La Leche in those tricky first weeks of nursing when there are latching challenges, when you’re concerned about your milk supply

dropping, or even when trying to get a handle on your chart when breastfeeding. Our Lady will answer you!

 

While there are so many more beautiful Marian devotions to help with every hardship in life, those are my top favs for issues around fertility. Comment below if there are others you’d like to share with us!

Mary Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Our Lady of Good Counsel, pray for us.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.

Our Lady of La Leche, pray for us.

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