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Why do you think female humans have such a difficult time delivering a baby? Most mammals deliver their babies with very few issues, but humans seem to have so many problems when it comes to birthing. Why do you think this is?

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  • vmm0016vmm0016
    I have no idea!
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  • lvmomjbjlvmomjbj
    That's a good question! I've never really thought about it besides what I know from going to church... but I'm not gonna get all religious. :)
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  • teeah22teeah22 member
    Well, do we really know how many animals die in childbirth?  Maybe it has something to do with the shape of our pelvis as well, since we walk upright.
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  • amber&patrickamber&patrick member

    imagelvmomjbj:
    That's a good question! I've never really thought about it besides what I know from going to church... but I'm not gonna get all religious. :)

     ??  Your church talks about why women have more trouble birthing than most animals?  I'm not sure I can even guess what kind of explanation a church gives.  Something like the whole "creation vs. evolution" distinction? If so, do they say why God would create us in a form that isn't as conducive to birthing than, say, a kangeroo?  Smile  I've always been jealous of the whole pouch thing.  It seems so much easier . . .

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  • mistywhite400mistywhite400 member
    imageamber&patrick:

    imagelvmomjbj:
    That's a good question! I've never really thought about it besides what I know from going to church... but I'm not gonna get all religious. :)

     ??  Your church talks about why women have more trouble birthing than most animals?  I'm not sure I can even guess what kind of explanation a church gives.  Something like the whole "creation vs. evolution" distinction? If so, do they say why God would create us in a form that isn't as conducive to birthing than, say, a kangeroo?  Smile  I've always been jealous of the whole pouch thing.  It seems so much easier . . .

    that part made me LOL!

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  • JLG95JLG95
    I'm gonna get flamed.  I didn't have a hard time having my baby.  Neither did my mother.  My baby popped out in about 4 hours.  I had a tear, but it wasn't the end of the world.
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  • redhotchili83redhotchili83 member

    Honestly, I think its a form of population control.  Very few other species have 99+% of their babies survive to adulthood - they die as babies, get eaten, etc.  Sadly, humans are animals too and I think if we were in nature, tehre wouldnt be as many of us as there are now.

    DS and I wouldnt have made it.  I had to be induced for lack of fluid, so he woulda dried out.  I hemmoraged after birth and needed a TON of intervention, so I woulda bled out.  Scary, right?

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  • Prinycesa07Prinycesa07 member

    imageteeah22:
    Well, do we really know how many animals die in childbirth?  Maybe it has something to do with the shape of our pelvis as well, since we walk upright.

     I'm going with what the doctor said!

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  • bim38106bim38106 member
    imageamber&patrick:

    imagelvmomjbj:
    That's a good question! I've never really thought about it besides what I know from going to church... but I'm not gonna get all religious. :)

     ??  Your church talks about why women have more trouble birthing than most animals?  I'm not sure I can even guess what kind of explanation a church gives.  Something like the whole "creation vs. evolution" distinction? If so, do they say why God would create us in a form that isn't as conducive to birthing than, say, a kangeroo?  Smile  I've always been jealous of the whole pouch thing.  It seems so much easier . . .

    This totally made me LOL :)

    I'm guessing it was a joke about the whole Adam and Eve thing. I had the same thought after reading the OP, not seriously ;)

     

    To OP.. no clue! 

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  • MarthaP18MarthaP18 member

    imageteeah22:
    Well, do we really know how many animals die in childbirth?  Maybe it has something to do with the shape of our pelvis as well, since we walk upright.

    Sounds good to me.

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  • NikibugNikibug
    I dont know but it scares me to know that I would have died in child birth back in the day. I had to have an unplanned C section because DS was too big to come out. That really creeps me out.
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  • Pumpmaster TPumpmaster T

    I've thought about odd stuff like this too.

    I also think it'd be cool if we hatched. I'd love to watch my baby hatch! I know that's weird, but a lot of thoughts that go through my head are!

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  • shihtzumommashihtzumomma member
    Genesis 3:16
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  • Culkinator54Culkinator54
    imageredhotchili83:

    Honestly, I think its a form of population control.  Very few other species have 99+% of their babies survive to adulthood - they die as babies, get eaten, etc.  Sadly, humans are animals too and I think if we were in nature, tehre wouldnt be as many of us as there are now.

    DS and I wouldnt have made it.  I had to be induced for lack of fluid, so he woulda dried out.  I hemmoraged after birth and needed a TON of intervention, so I woulda bled out.  Scary, right?

    This was my thought, too.  DD and I would have for sure died had we not had a c-section.  She had the cord around her neck and in a knot.  On top of that, her face was towards my left hip, so her shoulders were at a T with my pelvis.  She never would have come out.  Gives me the chills just thinking about it!

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  • ebatebat
    MY guess is bigger heads....we're smarter than animals
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  • jillms413jillms413 member
    Big heads for intelligence but small pelvises for walking
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  • Suzi-G-Suzi-G- member
    Evolutionarily it's because we are bipedal and have very large heads.  Walking upright requires a narrower pelvis than other animals exhibit, this is why human babies are relatively "underdeveloped" as compared to many other mammals.  ETA: (stupid thing posted too soon)  Human babies are delivered at a relatively earlier stage than other mammals who are capable of walking, eating, etc. almost immediately.  
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  • ChuppathingyChuppathingy

    6,790,062,216

    That was the current world population in 2009 (from about.com).  We didn't have doctors delivering babies as a rule until about 100 years ago.  In some of the most populated and underdeveloped parts of the world they still don't.  We don't have problems as a species overall with delivering our babies.  What we have is the privilege of living in a society that can be hyper-aware of the potential problems, and that views medical intervention as a means around those issues.

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