The easiest example: the uterus shrinks to its normal size after a while, but how does the body get rid of the extra tissue? How does it get metabolized? Through the kidneys, liver, guts…?
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Much of the extra size is caused by blood and fluid in the tissue. A pregnant person’s total blood volume increases by 45% on average. After pregnancy excess blood volume is excreted via the kidneys, thus decreasing the tissue’s apparent size
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