Prayer to Eileithuia for a Woman in Childbirth

I pray to Eileithuia, gracious granter

of relief to those who lie in childbed,

daughter of mighty Hera within whose realm

you wield your gift, O ancient one who sits

at the feet of the Fates. Eileithuia, easer

of the travail of women, gentle-handed

one who gives us strength to bear the racking pains

of childbirth, leader to life of all who ever

trod upon the fair-faced earth. O Eileithuia,

kind-hearted one, deliverer from pain,

I pray to you for the health of mother and child.

I ask of you, comfort this woman in the throes

of birth, aid her in her labor, safeguard her

and her child as it enters the bright-lit world.

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The emotion and message is very clear.

The simplicity of your words is right for this topic.

Very well written and true.