My Thoughts On Waiting, Waiting, and Waiting Some More....

I feel like I've been waiting, hoping, and praying for a long time for a miracle (Do you know that when I was single and praying the rosary for a good husband, I was also praying to be blessed with children after marriage? It's true! I prayed this prayer for several years!)! This month I thought maybe, just maybe, my waiting was over. You see, my cycle didn't arrive. However I didn't have any other symptoms. I talked with my Mom and she didn't have any symptoms either when she was pregnant with me - just the missed period. Well yesterday I finally bought a pregnancy test, prayed for God's will to be done, and guess what? Negative!

I feel like I've been waiting forever. It is so difficult to wait for something you want so much and to continue praying, hoping, and trusting. Especially at my age, which is forty three, when I had some aches and pains in my left ovary around Halloween, had spotting for several days around that time, and it seems my fertility is diminishing even more.

What more can I do to be able to get pregnant? How much more can I pray? Is there a child out there waiting for a good home? Someone who maybe needs a good Mother like me?

It just makes me feel so sad and I feel so discouraged sometimes. But I keep praying, hoping, and trying to trust!

I really hope and pray that God has a baby (or child) out there for us somewhere! I fear I will never have a positive pregnancy test!

Thank you so much for your prayers! Please know I'm praying for everyone and their intentions in my daily rosary and 7 Sorrows Rosary. You can always count on my prayers for you!

I feel like I would almost give anything to be able to have a baby and be a Mommy...almost anything!!

Waiting is so hard, isn't it? Especially when you want to be a Mommy and have a baby so much, yes?

In the meantime, while my waiting continues, I will go pick up my rosary! Praying the rosary helps give me the patience (?!) to continue waiting for my miracle. Praying the rosary helps give me the peace and comfort I need.

May God Bless you!
Maria

Feel Sad? Discouraged? Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary!

The Promises of the Seven Sorrows Rosary

To St. Bridget Of Sweden (1303-1373)

1. I will grant peace to their families.

2. They will be enlightened about the Divine Mysteries.

3. I will console them in their pains and I will acompany them in their work.

4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the santification of their souls.

5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.

6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death - they will see the face of their mother.

7. I have obtained this grace from my Divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolars will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son will be their eternal consolation & joy.

To Marie Claire of Kibeho, Rwanda (1961-1994)

*With the recitation of Seven Sorrows Rosary, the hardest hearts shall change, if you pray it for yourself or for others.

*By the recitation of the Seven Sorrows Rosary, you shall be freed from obsessions and addictions.

*This rosary when said from the heart, it will win us true repentance of our sins and free our souls from guilt and remorse.

*Those who say it often, especially as recommended by Our Lady to Marie Claire, on Tuesdays; Fridays, shall obtain clear understanding of their weaknesses and laws causing them to sin and those things we don't like about ourselves and thought were a part of our character, shall change.

*You shall obtain whatever you ask for through this rosary, praying this rosary from the heart.

*More than ever, the world needs the Seven Sorrows Rosary.

Click here to buy Imaculee Ilibigiza's booklet "The Rosary of the 7 Sorrows As Taught by The Blessed Mother in Kebeho, Rwanda with reflections by Immaculee" and a 7 Sorrows Rosary of your own!

Ever since I bought my booklet and the rosary a week ago I've been praying it every day and it's been given me a lot of peace and comfort. Try praying it! It will help you too!

If you have a devotion to the seven sorrows rosary and received special graces from praying it, I would LOVE to hear your stories! Let's pray and encourage one another!

May God Bless you!

Maria

No Period Again - What's Going On?!

Dear Readers,

Isn't a lack of a period usually a sign of pregnancy? You would think so, right?

Well, NOT in my case! At the end of October around Halloween I had a few scary moments when my lower left side was aching and I had spotting for several days. A few weeks later when Aunt Flo didn't show up, I thought for a minute "Hey, maybe I'm pregnant! Finally! At last!" After all, we've been now TTC now for two years.

Today I finally bought a pregnancy test, took it, and guess what? Only one pink line showed up! Except I knew I probably wasn't pregnant. I didn't have any symptoms except a missed period.

So now I have to call my Napro doctor next week, let him know about this lack of period, and see what he recommends. When I didn't get my period after my surgery in April and called him, he told me to take my progesterone suppositories.

That would be fine except every time I take those darn things, they make my asthma worse. The last time I had to take them I needed to go see my asthma specialist and get a shot in the arm. Ouch! It really hurt!

I wonder, is this lack of period related to the lower left pain and spotting I had? Is there any way to correct this besides taking progesterone suppositories? Am I now going through peri-menopause? Also I don't think I'm ovulating on a regular basis anymore either. Do you think the two surgeries and removal of the endometriomas on both the ovaries damaged them? Or is it my age? Or both? I am not very happy about these latest developments and I guess all my worrying is not helping either. But what can I do?

I want to be a Mommy so much and pray all the time to be blessed with a child, but it seems what little fertility I might have is decreasing even more.

Maybe adoption is my only option? But what's so frustrating to me is this: Hubby and I have debt and we can't afford adoption right now. If only I was able to get pregnant and have my own child......well, I will keep praying, continue to try to be faithful, and try to trust but you know what? It's not easy at times! I keep on praying for a child, then get a symptom of maybe being pregnant like the lack of a period, get my hopes up, take a pregnancy test, and again it's negative! I feel like God keeps on saying "No" or "Wait" to me. I don't really understand why. But still I keep hoping and praying.

Do you know what's been helping me a lot lately? And giving me the peace and comfort I need so much about this whole wanting to be a Mommy thing? Praying my 54 day rosary novena and my new Seven Sorrows Rosary! I love praying both of these every day!

More on Imaculee and the Seven Sorrows Rosary soon!

Maybe you could pray for me? Thank you so much!

I will remember you in my thoughts and prayers!

May God Bless you.

Love,
Maria

Need A Miracle? Pray the 54 Day Rosary Novena! It Really Works!

When I was a single lady, sad, discouraged, and thought I'd never meet a good Catholic gentleman to be my husband I discovered the "54 Day Rosary Novena". I prayed this novena several times over the years. It always gave me the peace and comfort I needed. As a single while praying this novena, I imagined Jesus wiping away my tears and the Blessed Mother whispering in my ear "Don't worry, we have someone just right for you!" And you know what? They did! I credit God, the Blessed Mother, and the rosary for giving me the graces I needed at the time and for helping my husband Ed to find me. We met on the Catholic Singles website catholicmatch. I had been a member on that website for three years and a half. Ed sent me that first email on Dec. 2005, we met in person on March 17th 2006, we became engaged on Sept. 17th 2006, and we received the Sacrament of Matrimony on June 16th 2007, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary! When choosing a wedding date, we wanted to pick a Marian Feast Day to thank the Blessed Mother for bringing us together and to share our special day with Her!

Now we are praying the 54 day rosary novena to be blessed with a child either through my womb or through adoption. Even though the doctors tell us we have a low chance of conceiving due to our ages and the endometriosis stage four, I know that with God nothing is impossible! Look at the miracles God performed on St. Anne and St. Elizabeth - both these Saints were given the grace to be able to conceive and bear children in their forties! When the tears start to stream down my face and my heart aches for a child, I pray the rosary and it gives me the peace and comfort I need. I like to picture the Blessed Mother in Heaven hearing my request and bringing it to the throne of her Son Jesus. I know that Jesus and the Blessed Mother knows the desire in my heart to be a Mother, trust that they are hearing my prayers, and trying the best I can in faith to believe that I will receive someday the most precious grace of motherhood!

The rosary is my favorite devotion. This 54 day rosary novena is my favorite novena. If you enjoy praying the rosary, received a special grace from praying the rosary or this 54 day rosary novena, I would really LOVE to hear your story! Your stories will encourage me to keep praying the rosary and increase my faith and trust that my prayers will be answered someday too! Thank you so much! I will be looking forward to hearing from you and hopefully hearing your stories of prayers answered! I can't wait to hear them and really hope you will consider sharing! I am hoping too that my story about praying the 54 day rosary novena will encourage others to try praying this beautiful novena! It really works! My husband and I are proof!

I will remember you and your intentions in my daily rosary.

May God Bless us all!

Love,
Maria

Pregnant? Hoping To Concieve? St. Gerald Mothers Prayer Cloth Package!

Finally! A new post! Lately it's just been too painful for me to talk about endometriosis and infertily. I felt I needed a little break.

I found these BEAUTIFUL prayer cloths touched to the relics of several saints. They have St. Padre Pio, St. Therese, St. Gerald, St. Padre Pio, Mary Undoer Of Knots, and many others. I have bought several and highly recommend them. Two years ago when I was newly married and had just moved to my husband's city I prayed with the Mary Undoer of Knots prayer cloth for a new job and found a great one a short time later!

The Cukierski Family has many WONDERFUL and RARE Sacramentals! Please do visit them and check them out!

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Thinking of you all and Praying for you!

P.S. The Cukierski Family also has a LOVELY St. Gerald package for Mothers to Be and for all of us who pray to be blessed with children! I have this package and highly recommend it!

Click Here To See the St. Gerald Mother's Package Touched to Many Relics!

May God Bless you!

Love,
Maria In Mass

Using God's word to be able to become pregnant

Lately I have read several powerful testimonies written by women who had a difficult time getting pregnant. These women searched the Bible for scripture verses relevant to pregnancy and motherhood, said these scripture verses out loud every day personalized them, used "I" statements, thanked God and praised Him for answering their prayers even when things looked bleak, kept on persevering, and many of them were eventually blessed with miracle pregnancies and children. I have decided to do the same hoping and praying these scripture verses will encourage me, increase my faith, trust in God, and if it's God's will for my husband and me, will bless us with children.

The most important thing I think is to be faithful to God, continue praying even when nothing seems to be happening, and believe your prayers will be answered in God's timing, not ours! I learned this when I was single and praying the rosary for a good Catholic husband. I prayed the same prayer for several years, seemed to receive no answers, and for many years things looked rather bleak. Back then I didn't think I would be able to find a good Catholic gentleman to be my husband, but some way, somehow I managed to hang in there (even through several disappointing experiences with some guys on the Catholic Single websites I belonged to at the time), I kept picking up those rosary beads and praying, and God did answer my prayers by blessing me with my husband Ed.

Matthew 19:26

With God all things are possible.


Psalm 37:4

I will delight myself also in the Lord and He will give me the desires and secret petitions of my heart.

Genesis 25:21

And I will pray much to the Lord for my wife to be able to bear children and the Lord will grant my prayer and my wife Maria to become pregnant.

Psalm 113:9

God will make me a home-maker and a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

Genesis 30:22-24

God will remember me like He did Rachel and answer my pleading and make it possible for me too to have children. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

Deuteronomy 28:4

Blessed shall be the fruit of my body.

Matthew 6:33

I will seek first of all his kingdom and His righteousness and then all these things taken together will be given to me besides.

Exodus 23:25-6

We shall serve the Lord my God; He will bless our bread and water and He will take infertility, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian dysfunction, and low sperm count from our midst. We will not lose our young by miscarriage or be barren in God’s land. God will fulfill the number of our days.

Mark 11-23-25

Truly God tells me, when I say to this mountain of infertility, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian dysfunction, and low sperm count be lifted up and thrown into the sea I do not doubt at all in my heart but believe that what God says will take place, it will be done for me. For this reason God tells me, whatever I ask for in prayer, if I believe that it will be granted to me, and I will get it.


1 Samuel 1:20 27:28

Just like Hannah I have asked God for a child. For this child I have prayed and the Lord will grant my petition made to Him. I too will be a home-maker and joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah!


Father, I praise you! Thank you for making me a home-maker and a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

My prayer and hope is that these scripture verses will also encourage others suffering from the cross of infertility to do the same!

May God Bless you!

Love,
MT :)

Scam Warning: E-Books Offering Natural Cures For Endometriosis And Infertility

I have noticed in my search for help with endometriosis something disturbing. There seems to be some e-books out there claiming to contain natural cures to get rid of endometriosis and help us to finally be able to conceive. Some of these e-books seem to be legit while others seem to be trying to scam and take advantage of those of us who suffer from this painful condition who might already have our hearts broken from not being able to have children.

I am glad I did my research on one such e-book Example of an e-book scammer here! written by a "Sharon Cresler". I googled the name of her e-book "Endometriosis Defeated" and discovered the following website with more information about this e-book scammer:

Article warning about how "Endometriosis Defeated" written by "Sharon Cresler" is a scam!

Ladies, please be careful of some of these so called e-books available on the internet claiming to contain natural cures that can help you get rid of endometriosis and to help you conceive. According to the website above, this "Sharon Cresler" is really a man and he has written many e-books on a variety of different conditions, which all seem to offer the SAME NATURAL CURES in the e-books. How do I know this? Because I read the information on the above website and did a google search myself. I also discovered a way to download several of her e-books for free keep reading!)and read them all.

I think it is so cruel of some of these people to write these e-books targeting poor people who suffer from these conditions claiming to offer the magic cure just to make a buck! Really? We can help cure our endometriosis by drinking borax or baking soda? Can we really drink those things without getting sick or ending up in the hospital? Yikes!

P.S. If you visit the last website I listed and read all the information carefully, you will learn how to download that e-book for free too.

May God Bless you.
MT