Dolly Parton doesn't have kids, but she does have her own baby ward just in case she decides to.

Parton has pledged $100,000 toward a new birthing unit named for her at the Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center in Pigeon Forge, Tenn."Lordy, Lordy, I don't know nothing about birthing babies!" she said Monday. "Just think of all the babies who'll be born in Sevier County at the Dolly Parton unit. It's a great compliment."

The $1.5 million unit will focus on the baby's delivery, as well as training mothers to care for newborns, breast feeding and programs on preparing for childbirth.

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