It was taken away from the family and managed by experts, in their majority male. The home was left behind as an unsavory den of all kinds of dangers and uncleanliness. Siblings were considered potentially hazardous and were not even allowed to see the new member of their family, nor their mother until both returned from the hospital in a shroud of mystery. Probably this was the time in history where the story of the stork originated. Probably this is why Cabbage Patch Kids and their bizarre adoption system was so easily accepted by children.
Babies come into their lives in much the same way.
Another casualty of birth's relocation was the father, who until very recently was as welcome in the inner sanctum of the labor and delivery rooms as harmful bacteria. Grandparents were relegated to the position of purchasing agents and furnished little more than a layette or a snowsuit or two' their advice and experience rendered obsolete. Much was gained with this change in human birth. The medical profession had taken over birth as their domain and learned from it to offer assistance to women who needed it. Unfortunately, in the shuffle, women in good health and with excellent prospects of giving birth normally were treated with many of the same standards and precautions used for their high-risk counterparts.