It is rumored that Ubume is capable of physically attacking mothers, and will attempt to claw through the mother's stomach and uterus to get to the child if delivery is not performed. Even if mother, child, or both die during the delivery, doctors will still remove the child and place it in the mother's arms, so the mother/child's soul will be at rest and not end up like Ubume. Ubume knows a mother's hold is too powerful for her to break, and will not interfere. In order to help prevent against this, hospitals will not hesitate after a baby is born to place the child in its mother's arms. Patches of rot or mold indicate her presence, and she will lie in wait for babies to be born so she can snatch them up and carry them away, with one child never being enough to satisfy her longing. She went mad, and her ghost returned to haunt the delivery rooms of hospitals. Ubume eventually decided that she would hold a child, dead or alive, and relieve the aching longing in her heart to do so. The child was not removed, and Ubume's grief-stricken ghost was left in a state of restless limbo due to never being able to hold her child to her bosom. However, she died during the delivery, and the child died before it even exited the womb. In folklore, Ubume was a woman set to give birth to a child.
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