Instructions: Before the ritual, cleanse the area with the four elements. Stack gifts for the mother by the alter and cleanse with burning sage or other incense. Place the white pillar candle in the center of the alter with other supplies nearby. Set the red candle in the south section of your altar. Light. With the masking tape, make a large pentacle on the floor, with the pentacle pointing up towards the altar. Place a white votive candle on each point on the pentacle. Cast the circle, call the quarter, invoke Deity, then cut a door and bring the mother into the circle, anointing her head and saying: May you be cleansed, consecrated, and regenerated in the names of our Lord and Lady. So mote it be.
Remember to seal the door and take care that no flowing hemlines touch the candle flames on the pentacle. Have the mother light the white pillar candle (the mother candle) and tell her to utter a silent prayer to Spirit for a safe, successful birth and for continued protection for her child. The blue candle represents the baby. Have her light the blue candle from the white candle, asking for special gifts and protection for the unborn. With the blue votive candle in her hand, lead her to the points of the pentacle. Ask Deity for a blessing for the mother and baby, then light the pentacle candles from the blue candle, visualizing the exchange of energy from Deity to mother. The points of the pentacle represent love, good health, strength, harmony, and wisdom. Note: you may wish to print these words on a tent card and place them near the respectice candles so that everyone, including the mother, knows what you are asking for.
Return to the center and ask for blessings from Deity by holding the blue candle toward the heavens. Place the blue candle on top of the white candle, saying: As we are one with the Lord and Lady, so this mother and baby are one. Hold both hands on the stomach of the mother, and say: May they remain healthy and safe thru the blessing process. May no evil, real or imagined, penetrate the sanctity of the love between mother and child, and may they be protected in this world and in the worlds we can not see. If there are others present, they can also add their blessings. At this point you may wish to read the charge of the goddess or you may like to recite the thirteen powers of the Witches. Give the mother the gifts. Close the circle. Allow the blue candle to burn continuosly until it burns out, or snuff it out with your fingers and give to the mother to continue to burn at home.