Depending on the circumstances of their labor, someone who gave birth might be moving around okay (walking) pretty soon after, but I’m wondering if animals are able to run/hunt/go on as normal right away?
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birth is hard on many other animals, and predators will watch for prey animals that recently gave birth.
Part of why humans seem to have it so rough is our upright posture and our giant heads make childbirth an especially damaging and painful process as most of our birthing machinery evolved in a quadrupedal animal with a small head. With that said, Hyenas have it even worse where around a tenth of first time mothers die, and nearly a quarter of their babies die.
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