Suiten-gū (green roof), a Shinto shrine devoted to conception and safe childbirth, viewed from Royal Park Hotel, Chuo ward, Tokyo

Lady visiting a possible early 8th Century tomb of a 19th century AD saint behind mosque for blesssing for childbirth/sickness, No-Gonbad Mosque also known as Khoja Piada or Masjid-e Haji Piyada, Balkh, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East

Effigy on tomb of Elizabeth Williams who died in childbirth in 1622, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Midwife Teaches Delivery Prep Class

Midwife Teaches Delivery Prep Class

Baby Being Delivered

Midwife Teaches Delivery Prep Class

Breech birth

Weighing Newborn Baby

The medical team performing cesarean sections. The doctor holds the baby after birth to his mother to see. This image was taken at AIIMS hospital, New Delhi, on March 2015.

Medical examining pregnant woman.

Midwife In Maternity Ward, Examining Newborn

Couples Preparing For Delivery

Baby Being Delivered

Couples Preparing For Delivery

Couples Preparing For Delivery

Couples Preparing For Delivery

Baby Being Delivered

Woman giving birth petroglyph, Utah

Mother holding newborn daughter on beach