I've never hatched snake eggs, but I was a homebirth midwife for 20 years. Three things come to mind in relation to this thread: If you scare the mother, a properly positioned baby will often turn breech. In my experience, anything we do in labor to help the process or expedite thing often just slows everything down. According to research done now that a large number of babies have been born by planned cesarean section (rather than in response to problems during pregnancy or labor), cesarean born babies are more likely to die unexpectedly following their birth.
Other things I've heard are that people with pet mammals often find that "helping" with the process of labor does just the opposite and can lead to loss of the entire litter. If you help baby chicks out of their eggs, it kills them.
i can't imagine that snakes eggs are any different and if I do decide to have babies some day I'll be messing with those eggs as little as possible.
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