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> Since that is unique to our species, Much of the animal kingdom has the same issue of painful childbirth. What you mean by "handle", I can only guess. Perhap
by reallydude 8y ago
> Since that is unique to our species,
Much of the animal kingdom has the same issue of painful childbirth. What you mean by "handle", I can only guess. Perhaps something about recovery and a desire repeat.
- Foober223 8y agoDo you even science bro? Child birth is unique to humans. Animals lay eggs, like dinosaurs and Easter rabbits.
- saagarjha 8y ago> Much of the animal kingdom has the same issue of painful childbirth Do they? As far as I was aware, humans have a uniquely awkward childbirth due to our cranial size.
- mcv 8y agoNot only that. No other animal menstruates quite like humans do either; there's been an arms race between the placenta and the womb, and rather than a safe place to protect the fetus, the womb is more of a safe place to isolate the fetus and manage its access to the mother's resources while keeping the mother safe. Human pregnancy is messed up beyond the obvious issue of squeezing our large brain through out narrow running hips.
- black-tea 8y agoYeah, a baby is literally a parasite. Fortunately it's quite easy for women to avoid accidental pregnancy these days.
- fifnir 8y ago> an arms race between the placenta and the womb, and rather than a safe place to protect the fetus, the womb is more of a safe place to isolate the fetus and manage its access to the mother's resources while keeping the mother safe. I don't see anything human-specific here, this would have been true for all placental animals no?
- mcv 8y agoIt doesn't sound inherently human-specific, but somehow it is. Well, other primates have it to a lesser extent, but other placental mammals don't, and we have it worse than other primates. Why only primates have this arms race between placenta and womb, and why humans have it worse than any primate, I don't know. But it's definitely a thing. It's the reason why humans menstruate while non-primate mammals don't.
- fifnir 8y agoInteresting, I did some more digging and found this for anyone interested in a nice paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121266/
- hadlock 8y agoGoogle "hyena birth"... I do not recommend doing this at work, or during lunch.
- SigmundA 8y agoProbably referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_dilemma