The invention concerns an active and an interactive birth simulator for duplicating human pregnancy and the birth process, whereby the birth simulator has the following features: A womb torso 1, a child model 2, which is arranged in the womb torso 1, whereby natural shape, size and positional ratios are preferably maintained, and the child model 2 is connected to a controllable drive 5 via a coupling device 7, in order to move the child model 2 in the womb torso or to expel it from the womb torso 1 through the birth canal and a programmable control device is provided for controlling the drive 5.