I hear of women in my community and across the world either having stillbirths or dying during the process of birth all the time. Why?
How can a dog or a cow give birth in the dirt and turn out fine, but if humans did the same, the mom/infant have a higher chance of dying? How can baby mice, who are similar to human babies (naked, gross, blind), survive the “newborn phase”?
And why are babies so big but useless? I understand that babies have evolved to have a soft skull to accommodate their big brain, but why don’t they have the strength to keep their head up?
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Because I didn’t see it much yet (I didn’t read all the comments but went a ways down) medical techniques that are not exactly pro-female during birth contribute to this.
The birthing positions and some practices are male driven for their satisfaction. Specifically the position of birthing on our backs. The history of that is creepy and disturbing and tied to male sexual gratification.
It definitely complicates an already complicated moment with the whole giant head issue for birthing.
Then with C sections and a lot of professionals being too fast with the incisions or clean up and that leads to a host of hospital acquired infections, bleed outs, etc.
I’m not a obstrician but I did do some medical courses for my degree and it’s what I gathered from research projects, and peer support during courses. I work in the funeral industry so I have to understand these types situations of losses for understanding grief.
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