Bringing the innocent on the earth and giving him/her life is the most remembered, painful and fully emotional moment of the parent's life.

A photographer has captured the wondrous, miraculous moment of birth - in all its raw and glamourized glory.

Taken before a mother has seen her baby for the first time these amazing photographs show the reality of how we all enter this world.

The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers has revealed the winners of the 2017 Image of the Year Competition. The judges selected the best photos based on technicality, emotionality, and composition.

Picture source www.abirthstory.com, birthunscripted.com,

1. Best in category: Postpartum, Straight from heaven

2. Best in category: Delivery, with a splash

3. 1st place winner, Road to deliverance

4. Best in category: Birth details, Pieces of me

5. Best in category: Labor, Determination

6. After the 9-month wait is over

7. The happiness that the baby brings

8. That look of pure amazement!

9. A picture which is impeccably captured

10. Before the first breath

11. Holding the baby tenderly

12. The fun daddy!

13. Absolute ecstasy

14. A little bundle of immense joy

15. Camera conscious already!

16. Awww, the protection in his eyes

17. Kisses of new beginnings!

18. The soothing first cry

19. And this is your sibling, sniff it well!

20. In the warmth of each other?s love

21. Welcome to the world little baby

22. Honouring the temple

23. Hug me, mama!

24. Sheltering you from all the worries

25. This one is my personal favourites, after all, three is not a crowd

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