what happens to extra organ tissue after pregnancy?

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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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Extra tissue, do you mean lochia? It’s the discharge that happens after giving birth. Other than that, the uterus just shrinks back to its normal size like a balloon that had all the air let out

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