Prayers for Pregnant Mothers

My aunt called me up and told me to pray to these saints for safe delivery of my little baby.


A Prayer of an Expectant Mother

My Lord and My God, Giver of life, I praise and thank You for the child in my womb. You have willed it to happen that I bear this child and so mercifully grant your help and protection until You have finished the work You have begun. With humility and trust, I am manifesting all my needs to You. I pray that You may hear my petition through the intercession of St. Raymund Nonato, whose martyrdom in the hands of non-Christians has shown us the way to exemplary holiness. Grant me this grace which I ask of You if it will be for Your greater glory and for my salvation. (pause and mention your petition)

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be. St Raymund Nonato, pray for us.

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Prayer for a Safe Delivery

Saint Elizabeth, through the great blessings you received from God at the birth of your son, Saint John, I beseech you to obtain for__(me)___ the grace of deeply understanding with joyful wonder the privilege of motherhood and of living each day in happy anticipation.

I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us.

Saint Anne, obtain for__(me)___ through your own blessed child, Mary ever Virgin, the grace that no accident may befall her (me) and that she (I) may deliver her (my) child safe and sound into the world.

I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us.

Mary, my Mother, I pray you to intercede before your Divine Son, Jesus, and obtain for__(me)___ the help and blessings of God so that she (I) may patiently endure with joyful expectation the pains of delivery and that her (my) child may receive the grace of Baptism.

I ask this grace through the Precious Blood of Jesus, God’s Gift of Love to us. Amen.

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A Prayer to St. Gerard for Safe Delivery

O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of 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 purifying and life-giving waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.