Every test came back negative. Still, it was a long, hot, scary summer. Labor came on slowly - weeks of intermittent contractions - and then fast, with a brisk trip to Lifecycle WomanCare in Bryn Mawr. A classmate who had just graduated with Melissa from the University of Pennsylvania's midwifery program caught the baby; another classmate held her hand. And Evan (who goes by his Hebrew name, Etan, with family and in their religious community) knew exactly where to apply vigorous back pressure to counteract the pain.