Any woman who carries a baby in her womb wants to bear it easily and safely. But to give a child life is not all that a mother should do for her baby. It is very important to give him more health. Not always the health of the unborn baby depends on the genetics of the mother and her lifestyle. Even in healthy couples, children are sometimes born with various problems associated with the course of pregnancy and labor, the literacy of the doctors who take the baby and the first time in his life when caring for a newborn is especially important.
Planning a pregnancy
Orthodox women, planning pregnancy and giving birth to a future baby, regardless of whether it will be a boy or a girl, seek help from sources and icons to help conceive a long-awaited child. There is a lot of evidence that the medical diagnosis was disappointing, however, referring to the holy fathers, women and many families (couples) received that very support, and received such necessary help from above. A real miracle happened: a prayer for conceiving a child helped, and a healthy child was born.
The clergymen recommend not to give up hope in any case and believe with all my heart, sincerely and strongly in the power of prayers. Prayer for the conception of a child can be directed both to God Himself and Jesus Christ, as well as to many saints who, during their lifetime, became famous for helping the suffering, healing the sick.
Help from the Virgin
Often, women in prayers turn to the Virgin, feeling the feminine in her and the hypostasis of God, it is easier to turn to this image - after all, the Holy Mother of God knows exactly how great the measure of maternal happiness is and how great the pain is that it does not exist. Therefore, the prayer to the Virgin for the conception of a child sounds very often from women who want to become a mother. If a woman has some kind of diagnosis made by doctors that prevents her from becoming pregnant, she does not need to leave the treatment, but turning to God can help these procedures work faster, so you need to continue visiting doctors, believing and praying. Spouses who believe in the help of the saints pray with hope for help in conceiving the icons of the Mother of God.
Icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Icon "Assistant in childbirth" - helps future mothers to safely endure and give birth to a healthy child.
- The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God helps, even if the doctors’s diagnosis of infertility is already hanging, this icon is special, very strong, even if the family has been childless for a very long time, help from the icon is possible. If difficult births are coming, both women in labor and their relatives pray for this icon in front of this icon.
- Icon "Healer" - helps to heal even from hopeless options for infertility.
- Icon “The Virgin Mary of the Rush” - helps to conceive and give birth to a child more quickly.
- The icon of the “Sorceress of Sinners” is a miraculous icon. If a woman committed the sin of abortion earlier, this icon helps to redeem him and bestows a mother a child on the woman. She also heals young children.
- Icon "Unexpected Joy" - helps to conceive safely faster.
- Icon "Iverskaya" - helps to find hope and healing in need, sorrows, illnesses.
- Icon "Annunciation" - helps to heal from ailments.
Husband and wife should also honor the days of the Saints whom they pray in infertility and mercilessness:
- July 25 (August 7) - the day of the Assumption of the holy righteous Anna;
- September 9 (22) is the day of remembrance of the Holy Righteous of God the Father Joachim and Anna.
How to pray for the conception of a child
A prayer for conception and the birth of a child is given to help couples who want to conceive, or women - so that they can communicate with saints, because in an appeal to higher powers you can talk about what does not work out in life, and ask for help, complain about needs, troubles, diseases. And, of course, the Lord or the saints whom you sincerely address will hear you and will surely help. But, perhaps, the fulfillment of a wish may harm the petitioner - in which case the appeal will remain unanswered. We must not forget that God knows what is not known to people.
A prayer for a conception of a child should not sound like a given or a ritual, it must be alive and come from the soul, from the heart. Your request must be sincere, and besides, it is important to realize that your life and trust in God does not necessarily entail the fulfillment of desires. Hope for God's help and be ready to make this decision in your life. Show your patience, perhaps fate will test you “for strength”, your prayer will be answered and your request will be fulfilled, but only when you really want the request with all your heart.
To whom they pray for the conception of a child
Prayers for the conception and birth of a healthy child are performed by the holy saints of God Joachim and Anna, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the prophet Zachariah and the righteous Elizabeth, holy mother Matrona of Moscow, saints Peter and Fevronia, Saint Luke of Crimea and others.
A prayer for the conception of a healthy baby can be read not only during pregnancy planning, but also when the baby is already in the womb, in order to protect him from the troubles and diseases associated with the course of pregnancy.
Prayer to St. Matron for the conception of a child
The holy mother Matrona of Moscow is very famous for her help in many matters. Her miraculous icons are taken to all places where pilgrims flock to the holy face, ask for healing and help, hope for the fulfillment of desires: sick and childless, girls who want to get married, people who are on the verge of important changes and who hope for permission in a safe way some problems.
During the life of Matron, she was blind, but after the gift of clairvoyance was revealed to her, she began to receive people and treat them. I didn’t single anyone out and tried to help everyone. After she passed away in the world, the fame of her miracles spread even abroad. Pilgrims go to the icons and ask for help, leaving Saint Matron with bouquets in which there is an odd number of flowers. Prayer Matrone for the conception of a child should sound after you repent and ask for blessings. It’s not necessary to go to the temple, Matron’s mother will hear a prayer from anywhere, but many speak to her as if she was alive, turning to her friend and mentor for help. Your prayer to Matrona about conceiving a child can be conveyed by other people who are going to her relics - the main thing is not just to write your request, but to pray and believe from the heart. Matron has already helped many couples.
Prayer in your own words
If you do not know special prayers and accidentally find yourself at the miraculous icon of one of the saints, it is entirely acceptable to turn to them in your own words. The main thing is that prayer comes from the heart.
“Merciful Lord, hear my prayer and forgive me all my sins. God bless our family to conceive, bear, safely give birth to smart, healthy children. Give them, Lord, a good fate. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. ”
Prayer to the saints for conceiving a child can also be said in their own words, but in all parishes often there is literature to help those who pray. You can also buy small icons in church shops with a prayer printed on the back. Such a prayer will always be with you, and at any convenient moment you can turn to the saint and ask him for help.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the conception of a child
In front of any icon, not even included in the above, you can pray to the Virgin for the birth of a child. You need to honor her holidays and the days of remembrance of those saints whom you will turn to: Luke of the Crimean, Xenia of Petersburg, Nikolai the Miracle Worker, etc.
The prayer of the Virgin for the conception of a child is printed in several versions, but this can also be used:
“Blessed Mother of God the Virgin! Heal my womb and give hope for comfort, fulfill my desire to conceive a child and endure it safely, resolve from the burden and give birth to a healthy child. Help with your hand, satisfy my hopes for a heavenly gift, give me a bright and happy motherhood and forgive my free and involuntary sins. I pray you with all my heart, revive my womb, put a seed in my womb so that it becomes alive, give me health and strength to take out the soul entrusted to me and give birth to the world and to my joy, my kind for extension and preservation. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Amen".
There are holy places, sources of living water, where many women or couples come to conceive a child. For spouses living in an Orthodox marriage, there is also a special prayer for conceiving a child.
Calling on God, the couple pray for grace descending upon them in the name of God's will for the multiplication of the human race. Husband and wife are asking for help and giving a baby to them, for the joy of and for the fullness of family happiness.
Who are the holy righteous God-Father Joachim and Anna, Zechariah and Elizabeth
These saints are the parents of the Virgin herself. They were barren throughout their lives, and with sorrow they lived to a very old age, but for righteousness and humility were rewarded by God, by their faith and blessings of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary was born to them.
Another example from the history of the Old Testament is the prophet Zechariah and the righteous Elizabeth. This couple was also pious and exemplary, until their old age the couple had no children, but God rewarded them for faith and patience, and gave the joy of birth - John the Baptist was born to this couple.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
They say that there is such a tool: a prayer for the conception of a healthy child to the Holy Spirit. It is necessary to read the prayer given below three times, and then write it and propagate it for other sufferers:
“The Holy Spirit, helping in the resolution of all difficulties, unlocking all roads to help those who are reaching their goal. The Holy Spirit giving me forgiveness and oblivion of all transgressions. I thank you for everything, and I ask you for help. Give my family a chance to become the parents of a healthy baby. ”