Prayer for a Pregnant Mother
Orthodox
O Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ our God, Source of life and immortality, I thank Thee, for in my marriage Thou hast granted me to be a recipient of Thy blessing and gift; for Thou, O Master, didst say: Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. I thank Thee therefore and humbly pray Thee: Bless this fruit of my body that was given unto me by Thee. Favouring and animating it by Thy Holy Spirit, grant it to grow a healthy and pure body, with well-formed limbs. Sanctify its sinews, mind, heart, and vitals, and grant this infant that is to be born an intelligent soul, establishing it in the saving fear of Thee and granting a faithful angel to guard both its soul and body.
Yea, Lord, protect, keep, strengthen, and shelter the child in my womb until the hour of its birth. Conceal this new creation not in its mother’s womb: as Thou hast given it life, do Thou also grant it health.
O Lord Jesus Christ! Into Thine almighty and paternal hands do I entrust my child. Place it upon the right hand of Thy Grace, and through Thy Holy Spirit sanctify it and renew it unto life everlasting, that it may be a communicant of Thy Heavenly Kingdom. Amen.
Source: Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)