Meskhenet, sometimes Mesenet, Meskhent: Egyptian birth goddess.
Meskhenet, the patroness of healers and midwives, is the goddess of birth and children.
Meskhenet continues to serve as a guardian in the afterlife,
assisting with the soul's transition and rebirth into the underworld.
A woman's head sits on a birthing block, which Egyptian
women used to sit on while giving birth.