SOLVED. YA/ Fantasy Fiction: It's in a sort of medieval world. The book starts with a pregnant woman walking through the snow, and she is being watched then suddenly the baby (*thing) rips out of her stomach, killing her. [s]

[Jessica]

? Haven’t read it, but I remember a friend in school liked this and always tried to get me to read it.

[Josie]

This is The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass.