Hilchot Shabbat 2:11 (A woman giving birth on Shabbat)
1:37 pm
When a woman is giving birth, she is seemingly in the same category as any other person whose life is in danger; accordingly, Shabbat may be violated on her behalf. Nevertheless, one should try to lessen the prohibition as long as the treatment is not thereby affected. Does this apply to all dangerously ill people, or is a woman in labor a separate category with unique rules?