Birdsall is among a growing population of women who are foregoing the traditional labor and delivery unit in a hospital and are instead giving birth in centers run by midwives. Birdsall's youngest ...

has taken an official position on this -- that labor and delivery present potential hazards to mother and fetus before and after birth. "Those hazards," according to ACOG's Web site, "require ...

Birdsall is among a growing population of women who are foregoing the traditional labor and delivery unit in a hospital and are instead giving birth in centers run by midwives. Birdsall’s ...

Least among them: Dolphins are powerful, 600-pound wild animals with sharp teeth that are known for violence. This is not a good environment to be in during labor, or to birth a baby into.