It is the wish of every woman to have a healthy and safe pregnancy, and we bring to you prayers for a healthy pregnancy in this article.
Every woman, knowing that she is pregnant, realizes that she must take care of herself and stay healthy. But at this stage, not only physical health is important, but also emotional, mental, and spiritual. With a prayer for a healthy pregnancy, you will place your well-being and that of your baby in God’s hands, which will fill you with peace and faith during the sweet wait.
Go to the Lord with a prayer for a healthy pregnancy and ask for your health and that of the baby, so, with the help of heavenly power, you can enjoy the 9 months of pregnancy calmly and without worries. Trust in the Almighty so that there are no complications and your little one arrives in the world safe and sound.
Do you know how to make a prayer for a healthy pregnancy? We share with you a list of prayers to ask for a healthy pregnancy and recommendations to pray and have faith during the sweet wait.
20 Powerful Prayers for a healthy pregnancy to Ask God for your health and that of the baby!
Prayer for the Gift of Life
God, thank you for giving each one of us life. Thank you for knitting us together in our mother’s wombs even before she knew we existed. Thank you for giving us a purpose for every beat of our hearts and every breath we take. It is in you that we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28 ) and we praise you for your good and beautiful works. We are not here by accident, and we thank you that this new, budding life is not an accident either. You are a gracious and generous giver of good things, Lord! This new life is in your hands, and we pray that we would be a good steward of this precious creation. In your name, we pray, amen.
Prayer for Your Baby’s Purpose
God, thank you for giving my baby hope and a future.
No matter what her life holds both in my womb and in the world, I give you praise for her presence and purpose. Thank you for knowing her intimately, loving her deeply, and entrusting her to my care. Give me strength as I carry her. Equip my body to do this good work of preparing her little life for birth. Thank you for making this baby specifically and carefully and wonderfully. May her life be for your glory and may you be praised through this pregnancy, Jesus! Amen.
Prayer for Peace During Pregnancy
God, you see my baby in my womb. You know her every detail, every muscle, every bone, every bit of her beautiful body, mind, heart, and soul. No matter how she is formed, she is beautiful and she is beloved by you. Grant me peace throughout this pregnancy, that I would surrender every worry or fear to you. May I take heart, knowing you have overcome the world and made a way for us to be near to you in heaven someday and on earth here now. No matter what comes, be near, Jesus. Bring comfort and peace, bring blessed assurance. In your name, amen.
A Prayer for Wisdom as a Parent
God, thank you for being our teacher. Thank you for imparting your perfect wisdom to us even from our very first moments. You are equipping us with the knowledge we need and giving us talents and abilities we can use to build your kingdom and serve you. I cannot wait to see how this baby will impact this world for your glory, Lord! Amen.
Filled with the Holy Spirit prayer
Lord, because I know you and love you, this baby will come to know you and I pray they come to love you too. As you are present with me, be present with my baby in my womb. Cover her with your love and grace. Comfort her and bring her peace. Strengthen her and grow her.
Create in her a heart that will long for closeness with you every day of her life. In your name, I pray, amen.
Unborn Child Protection Prayer
Dear God, the enemy is against children that are being born in families that worship you. He is destroying children when they are still innocent. That is why I come to you today asking you to protect my child when it is still in the womb up to when he or she will be born and become an adult. No weapon forged against this unborn child shall prosper, and I refute any tongue that will rise against my child as he or she grows into an adult. I cover him or her with the blood of the lamb. In Jesus’ name, I do believe and pray, Amen.
High-Risk Pregnancy Prayer
O Lord, my God, the doctors, have termed this pregnancy a high-risk pregnancy. But Father, you promised us this child. It doesn’t matter what the medical report says, what matters is what you have promised. Your word says that the fruit of my womb is blessed, and I stand firm in those words. I cancel and nullify all negative words that have been spoken over this pregnancy, in the name of Jesus. We shall not die but live to declare the glorious works of God. We are covered with the blood of Jesus, Amen.
Prayer for Pregnancy Protection
Lord Jesus, thank you for your protection over my life and my baby’s life. Thank you for keeping her safe and secure in my body and your love. Thank you for strengthening her, keeping her healthy, and preparing her for the plans you have set before her. For as long as this pregnancy lasts, I pray that you will be doing the mighty and marvelous work that only you can do, creating life and bringing beauty into the world through your creations. We give you all glory, honor, and praise for this life, Jesus. Amen.
Prayer for Good Sleep
Jesus, my Prince of peace, I pray for my wife, that she would enjoy restful, restoring, and comfortable sleep throughout her pregnancy.
Help her find a comfortable sleep position that is safe for her and our baby and where she is less likely to experience heartburn. Protect her from insomnia and night waking caused by hormonal changes, discomfort, or from our baby moving. Help her be able to get daytime naps when she needs them. Guard her against back pain, strange dreams, anxiety, or anything else that would prevent her from sleeping well. Amen.
Prayer Against Fatigue and Feeling Unwell
Lord, our Strong Tower, I ask that you bless my wife with strength, energy, and wellness through her pregnancy. In the name of Jesus, I rebuke any fatigue and exhaustion, and I pray that she will get adequate rest during the day and through the night. I rebuke dizziness and unsteadiness that might cause a fall and harm to her and our baby.
I pray that her blood sugar and blood pressure would be normal. I pray that she would not get dehydrated or overheated. I thank you for keeping her and our baby safe. Amen.
Prayer for Spiritual Parenting
Precious Holy Spirit, as I look forward to the birth of my baby, I ask you to assist my husband and me in spiritual parenting. We want to raise our child in the nurture of the Lord. Help us establish a family devotional time now so that it’s a routine part of our life when my baby comes. Guide us in directing our dinner discussions toward spiritual things, such as your love and care, so our baby grows up in a home where you are the center. Remind me to sing spiritual songs and speak Bible promises over my baby, even while in my womb. Amen.
Prayer Against Disease During Pregnancy
Jehovah Rapha, my Healer, I pray that you keep my wife safe from all diseases during her pregnancy. I pray against urinary tract infections, colds and other viral sicknesses, and any other sort of infection. Protect her from diabetes and blood sugar disorders.
Keep her blood pressure in a healthy range – keep it from getting too high. Guard her against anemia and blood clots. Keep her heart and thyroid health. In Jesus’ name, I rebuke all medical problems that would cause harm to my wife’s body or cause a miscarriage or stillbirth. She is in your hands, mighty and all-powerful God. Amen.
Prayer Against Morning Sickness
O Jehovah, my God, I pray that you will deliver me from morning sickness. Give me freedom from this nausea and vomiting, so I can feel well, and so my baby will be healthy. Guide me in identifying nausea triggers, so I can avoid the foods or smells that are most likely to make me feel sick. Remind me to drink plenty of fluids and eat small, healthy snacks throughout the day. Help me find the food that works best for me. Enable me to get the rest I need. Thank you, God, for being with me through my pregnancy. Amen.
Catholic Prayers for Healthy Pregnancy
Catholic pregnancy Protection Prayer
Heavenly Father, molder of body and soul, thank you for the gift of life that you have placed in my womb.
Thank you, Lord, for predestining this child to be brought into the world by my husband and me I. Father, give us the grace to be good parents and help us to bring up this child in a way that brings glory to your name. Be a shield of protection around this child as it develops in my womb. Protect us from every manner of sickness and disease that pregnant women are vulnerable to get. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Prayer for Perfect Love
Father God, thank you for the baby that you knitting together in my womb. These first weeks are fragile,
Father, I ask you to guide the growth of my child and me I. May my heart rejoice in the beauty of the life that is growing on the inside of me. Let your perfect love cast away every fear and worry that comes to steal my joy. Help me to believe that you are guarding us as I go through the challenges that come with pregnancy like morning sickness. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Divine Strength Prayer
Lord God, I cannot go through this pregnancy alone.
I need your divine strength to help me face the challenges that come with pregnancy. Lord your eyes have seen the substance of my baby yet unformed. In your book are written the days fashioned for him when he was still in my womb. Cover him with the blood of your Son, Jesus. Give me divine strength to carry this pregnancy and strengthen the fetus. May I have no complications during this pregnancy and after I have given birth.
Holy Mary, give me strength each day that I may be able to handle what awaits me as a mother. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Prayer for Right Positioning of the baby
Father, I praise you with my whole heart. I praise your name for your loving-kindness. Lord, thank you for blessing me with this gift. As this child develops in my womb help him or her to stay in the right position so that at the time of birth, I might not have any complications. Align my child to the anterior position and let my body be ready for delivery. Blessed Virgin intercede for me all through the pregnancy. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Know and Love You Prayer
Dear God, may this child come to know and love you from childhood. Cover this child with your love and let your glory be upon him or her in the womb. When the child comes to this world, let us shower him or her with Christ-like love. Father, may this child love you with all his mind, soul, and strength. May the soul of this baby follow closely behind you and may your right hand uphold him or her. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Surrender Prayer
Father, I prayed for this child, and you granted me my petition. Mary, Mother of God, thank you for looking at me with compassion and interceding for me. Lord, I surrender this unborn child into your able hands. I know you love him or her more than I do, and you have created this child for a higher purpose in life. Take charge as the baby develops in the womb. May you use him as your vessel for the Kingdom. Lord, help us to be good role models to this child so that he may find it easy to believe in you and serve you all the days of their life. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Prayer for Abundant of Life
Lord, I know this baby that is growing in my womb is precious. May the baby be healthy and perfect in your sight. May every joint and bone be stitched together perfectly. When the baby is born, may you give us the grace to teach him or her your ways.
May his or her gifts and talent be seen from an early age and may we not ignore them but help nurture them. Jesus, you came that we may live life more abundantly, may this child have an abundant life. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Bible Verses for a Healthy Pregnancy
1. Psalm 23:1-4
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
2. Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.
3. I Samuel 1:27
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.
4. Exodus 23:26
And none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
5. Psalm 139:13-18
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
6. Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
7. Psalm 112:7
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8. James 1:17-18
Every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
9. Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
10. Lamentations 3:22
Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
11. 2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
12. Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
13. 1 Timothy 2:15
But women will be saved through childbearing— if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with propriety.
14. Psalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
15. Isaiah 44:2
This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
16. Proverbs 31:25
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
17. Habakkuk 3:18-19
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
18. Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
19. John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
20. Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
21. Job 22:28
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
22. Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Highest will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings, you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life, I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Bible Verses for Labour and Delivery
23. Psalm 121:1-3
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber.
24. Philippians 4:13
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
25. Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
26. Exodus 1:19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”
27. Isaiah 43:1-2
But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
28. Psalm 30:5
Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
29. Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
30. 2 Samuel 22:33
It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
31. Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called to the Lord, I cried to God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
32. Psalm 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
33. Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
34. Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
35. Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
36. Psalm 61:2
From the ends of the earth, I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
37. 2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
38. John 16:21
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
39. Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
40. Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
41. 2 Chronicles 15:7
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
42. Psalm 34:7
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
43. Isaiah 65:23
They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
44. Isaiah 66:7
Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.
45. Isaiah 66:8
Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
