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* In ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]'', it is revealed the Aya is pregnant just as Toya, the father, is being killed by Mikagi.
* In ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'', Momoka Oginome dies the same day when her baby sister Ringo ''and'' the Takakura boys are born.
* In ''[[Barefoot Gen]]'', Kimie gives birth to Tomoe prematurely as a result of stress amid the death and destruction from the atomic bomb. {{spoiler|Sadly, baby Tomoe does not survive, because Kimie is starving and her milk dries up as a result.}}
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** ''Species II'' shows this connection even more directly, where we get to see women impregnated by an alien dying giving birth to their gruesome offspring. Other scenes simply show the alien baby sitting beside it's mother's bloody corpse.
* ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' starts with the birth of Anjali and the death of her mother Tina.
* The [[Tear Jerker]] Cleansing of the House montage from the end of the first ''Children of Dune'' film (which, incidentally, ''combines'' this trope with [[Death by Childbirth]]), all set to the tune of a [[One-Woman Wail]].
** The cleansing includes the executions of Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and Guild Navigator Edric.
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* Not exactly to the trope, but the alternative(original) ending of ''[[John Q]]'' fits. In this ending, the titular character dies, but his heart is given to his son, who needs a transplant.
* Similarly to the above post about [[John Q]], [[Terminator Salvation]], while technically not ending in a "birth", per se, ends with Marcus giving his heart to a fatally wounded John Connor.
* A twisted subversion occurs in the remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', wherein one of the refugees was hugely pregnant when she was bitten by a zombie. She turns into a zombie, and her husband just keeps her tied up in a back room until she gives birth... to an infant who is also a zombie.
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* In the ''[[Adrian Mole]]'' series, elderly Queenie dies shortly after Adrian's sister is born, and at the funeral he reflects that Queenie must have died so as to "make way" for the baby.
* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] (of course) has a symbolic 'rebirth' (surviving the first attempt on his life, and being adopted) the same night his parents are murdered. Later on, Cedric Diggory is killed before Voldemort's resurrection (which involves nearly killing Harry, again). There's also Trelawney's prophecy, connecting Harry and Voldemort in birth and death. And just to make sure the [[Anvilicious|symbolism is clear]], the two of them also are linked by phoenix feathers in their wands. Also, the birth of Teddy Lupin followed closely by the deaths of his parents.
* In [[Dean Koontz]]' ''Life Expectancy'', protagonist Jimmy is born at the same minute his grandfather dies.
* Not birth exactly, but similar: in ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]],'' Rose of Sharon (who's pregnant) and her husband have sex as the family arrives in California. When they get there they discover the grandmother is dead, and Rose of Sharon is horrified as she considers the juxtaposition.
* In N. Perumow's "Hierward Chronicles", there are Elemental Mages, which are personalized powers. Those powers can only belong to one generation, so if one of the mages has children, they all begin to loose their powers and die (unless they can secure some auxiliary magic source, but even they they are vulnerable, whereas before they just re-spawned if killed). Conversely, if all Mage are wiped out, new are spawned by magic.
* ''[[Literature/Song Of Solomon|Song Of Solomon]]'' begins with a man named Robert Smith on the roof of the hospital, falling to his death as he attempts to fly with a suit he has created. One of the women in the crowd of onlookers goes into labor, and the next day gives birth to the protagonist, Milkman, becomes the first black child born in that same hospital. He then grows up and learns to fly himself. [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|Sort of/maybe]].
* Enforced out of necessity, due to limited resources, at the beginning of [[Robert Silverberg]]'s ''At Winter's End''. Almost no one's allowed to conceive a child to begin with; the few who ''are'' allowed to procreate are required to wait until someone's committed ritual suicide at the allotted age.
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'': Cinderpelt dies shortly before Cinderkit is born.
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* In the final episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' there is a montage that intercuts the final moments of Mrs. Mccluskey with the birth of Julie's daughter.
* ''[[Friends]]'': when Phoebe's grandmother dies, Monica rushes in and tells the group that a couple is having sex in a car outside. The rest of the gang tries to tell her that now isn't the time; but Phoebe isn't that disappointed. "It's kinda cool. 'Cause it's like, you know, one life ends and another begins." Monica leans down and whispers to the others, "Not the way they're doing it."
* ''[[Community]]'' In the episode where the story is about the death of Pierce's Mother, Abed's story in the background is about a Greendale student going into labor.
* ''[[Growing Pains]]'': in the episode in which Chrissy is born, Ben befriends an elderly patient, Chris, who dies.
* ''[[Holby City]]'' did this one just recently.
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* Among the guest stars on ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' was a mother and daughter; as the daughter is giving birth to her own child, her mother (having been accused of witchcraft) is being dunked in the lake. Averted considering the mother is saved, but her near-execution is inter-cut with scenes of her daughter in labour.
* The final episode of ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' [[Cold Open|begins]] with a birth, while [[Once Per Episode|every previous episode]] began with a death. Played with by having the baby barely live through birth, though he turns out fine in the end.
* In the infamous "Love's Labor Lost" episode of ''[[ER]]'', a woman dies in childbirth. Later, in the episode "Great Expectations", as Carol gives birth, an elderly woman in the room next door dies of renal failure. Additionally, a character's daughter starts her period.
* In the third season finale of ''[[Private Practice]]'' Maya (who is pregnant) and her midwife, Dell, are hit by a drunk driver. The baby is born prematurely and survives, Dell dies.
* In the third season of ''[[Angel]]'', Darla, a vampire, is pregnant with a living baby. When it is time to give birth, she realizes she'll lose her ability to feel empathy and compassion because she only feels those emotions through her unborn child's soul. She chooses to stake herself and turns to dust, leaving behind a crying baby.
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* In ''DMFA'', there are always 2,438,165 [[The Fair Folk|Fae]]. When one dies, their relatives get to auction the rights to have a kid, or a random Fae becomes a parent all of the sudden.
* In ''[[Anders Loves Maria]]'', the titular Maria gives birth and dies, while one of the other characters is busy catapulting herself off a bridge.
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', a [[Half-Human Hybrid|human with]] [[Elemental Embodiment|fire-elemental]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|blood]] passes their life force onto their first child. They grow weaker as the child grows older, and die when the child is about 12 years old. Surma Carver was one such person; her daughter Antimony only learns of these facts, and that she'll go through the same thing as well, three year after Surma's death.
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