Is it just coincidence that all these lines intersect over Mariana’s womb, since the young girl’s primary role at Madrid’s court was to provide a Habsburg heir to the Spanish throne?

But some mothers are choosing to have a Caesarean - where the baby is delivered by surgeons cutting into the mother's abdomen and womb - for non-medical reasons.

Bethany, 27, was diagnosed with endometriosis seven years ago and told she needed to chose between having children or having her womb removed.

Amy, a lawyer from London, was forced to think about children after finding out she had a polyp in her womb - which could impact her chances of conceiving.

She would have freed Rome from a terrible emperor, enacted justice for Geta and suffered from the horror of murdering another son born of her womb.