Alot of energy is used up by women in child birth. Add to that anxiety and a woman could die in child birth like that. People have heart attacks when they get too excited. So this is no different.
I like Ian's explanation better. Yours might be plausable if it were the middle ages, but not in a society that mastered intergallactic travel.
It's a movie not real life. And if Padme were tied to Anakin in the force, GL would have made it known. Padme is not force sensitive remember.
Umm... I think you're a little too into this series.
Yeah I know. I'm a geek.