For me, the choice is easy - artificial incubataion. Once you've seen a mom after she's laid eggs and how emaciated she looks, it's hard to convince ME to let her incubate her egss, knowing that she will not take a meal while she's incubating.

For her health (cleaning her and feeding her a few days later) and the extra control of temps and humidity, artificial incubation is a no-brainer for me.

Females are acting on instinct and some will hiss and strike to protect their eggs, but once you have them off the eggs, they're fine. All three of my moms this year came off the eggs without any hissing or striking.

It's something done by many breeders who try it to see how it goes.
Crystal, are you saying many breeders maternally incubate? My experience talking to other breeders is that very few ever choose maternal incubation.