This humble servant of God also had the faculties of levitation and bi-location associated with certain mystics. His charity, obedience, and selfless service as well as his ceaseless mortification for Christ, made him the perfect model of lay brothers. He was afflicted with tuberculosis and died in 1755 at the age of twenty-nine.

This great saint is invoked as a patron of expectant mothers as a result of a miracle effected through his prayers for a woman in labor.

Prayer: O Great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted Child of the Mother of God: enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love. O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine master, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, you have been raised up by God as the Patron and Protector of expectant mothers. Preserve me from danger and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, and shield the child which I now carry, that it may see the light of day and receive the lustral waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Watch Me Grow!
Images from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm

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At eight weeks gestation, this baby is able to kick and straighten his legs, turn them round and move his arms up and down.

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At ten weeks gestation, this baby can move her arms and legs with a range of movements that are fluid and supple.

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At 22 weeks gestation babies are capable of fine hand and finger movements. In a short space of time this baby scratches, rubs and pats his cheek before doing the same to his nose.

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This baby exhibits behavior identical to what he will do after birth,. If he's held upright on a flat surface he will try and move forward.

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This baby's brain has developed sufficiently to enable him apparently to sense the other parts of his body. He can bring his fingertips together so they touch.

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From about 24 weeks of pregnancy when retinal development is complete, babies open and close their eyes intermittently. This helps a baby to perfect the blinking reflex, which will protect his eyes once he's born.

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Although grasping begins early it becomes better established during the last trimester. Babies grasp hands, feet, fingers, toes and, most commonly, their umbilical cords.

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While newborns do not smile until 4-6 weeks after birth, babies in the uterus do. Maybe because the uterus is warm, comfortable, and shielded from loud noise and bright light.

Our son Wiley was smiling VERY early on and continues to be a "smiley" baby. Their little personalities carry through from the womb!

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Babies as young as 11 weeks have been seen with their thumbs in their mouths. This baby started out sucking his smallest toes and gradually moves on to suck a bigger and better toe.

We saw our son William sucking his finger and toes at 11 weeks! How many mothers could still abort their baby if they saw this?

It truly is mind boggling to think it is perfectly legal to KILL this innocent little being!

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Babies produce a motion approximating to yawning from as early as 12 weeks' pregnancy. Maybe this is nature's way of ensuring that as soon as she enters the world, she'll be able to take her first breath.

Obviously, what abortion does is KILL the INNOCENT UNBORN! As the old saying goes "A picture is worth a thousand words"! If we continue to do nothing, one out of every four babies (like above) will continue to die by the hands of an abortionist! We BEG YOU to do something.