Contest elects the best and most exciting birth photos

No matter what your life story is, the truth is that you are here reading this text because one day, some time ago, a woman carried you into her belly for nine long months.

Gestation itself is a magical thing, after all we are talking about a life that is created within another and that, in most cases, ends up being synonymous with love, happiness and a lot of emotion.

After months of waiting to see the baby's face, labor marks the lives of women in many ways, but today we're just going to talk about the most exciting of them, when everything goes as planned and when, after hours of pain and anxiety, mother and son meet for the first time.

For some people, the following photos may be interpreted as too strong, but the fact is that giving birth to someone is really strong, intense and very beautiful. The images you will see below were the ones chosen by “Birth Becomes Her”, a contest that selects the most exciting birth photos - births registered in various regions, hospitals and other environments.

Because of the sensitivity of some readers, we mark some of the images as having strong content, so think carefully before clicking on them and then don't say we don't warn you, huh!

1 - This was the most rated photo in the contest. The birth was done in Belgium and the image was named "The wonderful first meeting of brothers." The click was from Marijke Thoen

2 - Picture of Neely Ker, made in Columbus, Georgia

3 - Image titled “Between Two Worlds” by Dominique Lamontagne, Ottawa, Canada

4 - "Transition to Earth" was chosen in public. The photo was taken in Ghent, Belgium, by Caroline Devulder

5 - First place in the “Labor” category. California Photo by Rebeca Coursey

6 - Second place in the category “Labor”. Photo taken in British Columbia, Canada by Ashley Marston

7 - Winner in the category “Postpartum” was this image of a mother who had vaginal birth after having a caesarean section. The photo is by Veronika Richardson

8 - Second place in "Postpartum". Photo taken in Melbourne, Australia by Lacey Barratt

9 - Third place in the same category as the previous photo. Image clicked on Austin, Texas, by Kayla Gonzales

10 - First place in "Breastfeeding". Florida photo by Cory Janiak

11 - Second place in the “Breastfeeding” category. Photo made in Green Bay, Wisconsin by Veronika Richardson

12 - Third place in "Breastfeeding". Milwaukee, Wisconsin photo taken by Christina Benton

13 - Public vote on “Breastfeeding”. Photo titled “A Silence has Fallen Over the Crowd, ” made in Rochester, New York by Gabriella Hunt

14 - “This is the way goddesses look” is the name of the winning photo in the “Maternity” category - image taken in Greenville, South Carolina, by Jen Conway

15 - Second place in "Maternity". Photo clicked in Orlando, Florida by Melissa Benzel

16 - Third place in "Maternity". Photo titled “A Mother's Love, ” taken in San Antonio, Texas, by Vanessa Mendez