why is childbirth/labor so long for humans compared to other animals?

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Is it because of the whole big head/bipedalism thing? Other mammals can pop out babies in no time and it seems like that would be way more advantageous for multiple reasons (less stress on mom and baby, not in a vulnerable position for hours in the wild, etc). Why does the norm skew towards a day rather than hours?

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My wife had two deliveries. The first labour was over a day and very stressful in hospital. The second from start to finish was less than 10 minutes. So fast blood all over our bed at home etc. My wife thinks the second is what it should be.

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