ShadoPrism:
Ick - I for one don't think that is healthy for either the mother or the baby - forcing the kid out before it's ready can have bad long range consequences.
For the record, the doctors determined that Mom was going to be physically incapable of delivering the old-fashioned way, and that waiting any longer than we did would be dangerous for both of them. In this case, medical intervention was actually the healthy option.
Thus, our daughter was born a week early. Eight pounds, ten ounces. Healthy, eating well, pink in all the right places.