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Intercessory Motherhood Prayer to St. Gerard

O good St Gerard,
powerful intercessor
before God and
wonder worker of our day,
confidently I call upon you
and seek your aid.
On Earth you always
fulfilled God's designs,
help me now to
do the holy will of God.
Implore the Master of Life,
from whom all paternity proceeds,
to render me
fruitful in offspring,
that I may raise up children
to God in this life,
and in the world to come,
heirs to the
Kingdom of His Glory.
Amen.

St. Gerard is the patron saint of pregnant women, for those having a difficult pregnancy and those desiring to conceive a child. At the process of his beatification one witness testified that he was known as "il santo dei felice parti"--the saint of happy childbirth.
The Novena to St. Gerard is also prayed by the faithful to invoke his intercession in their needs:

Novena to St. Gerard.