For Safe Delivery

56. For Safe Delivery O Virgin Mother of God, favourite daughter of the human race, behold me, unworthy though I am, about to become a mother. Assist me, dear Mother, in honour of your Virginal maternity to bear the pains of childbirth courageously, and give me the strength, physical and moral, that I need. Avert from me any unforeseen or unnatural circumstances and grant me the privilege of bearing a normal, healthy child. I come to you, dear Lady, in these hours of my expectancy with confidence and love. Hear my prayer, O Immaculate Mother, and accept as your own the precious treasure God is about to entrust to me. I offer to you and your Divine Son the body, soul, and the entire life of my child. Help me to be a good mother in word and example that the little one may learn, at an early age, of your greatness, and form the desire to imitate your virtues for the love of your Divine Child, Jesus. Amen.