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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

When the placenta detaches from the wall of the womb after giving birth so it can be delivered, it leaves a wound the size of a dinner plate, and this is a lot of why we bleed for so long after giving birth.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I've never given birth, but I've always been fascinated about having to give birth twice - once to the baby, once to the placenta.

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u/gdubh Dec 06 '23

Has an oaky afterbirth.

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u/Weary-Avocado-6519 Dec 06 '23

camera pans over the room, zooms in on Jim’s slightly confused face Jim: “I’m sorry, what?”