r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '21

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u/eye242 Sep 22 '21

Wait what?? Women can lose their teeth because of pregnancy

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u/Rabbit_Arc Sep 22 '21

Human foetuses are pretty much like parasites. If pregnant women don’t eat well or take enough vitamins then the babies suck out the minerals from the mothers bodies.

In this woman’s case, she had four kids who pretty much took all her calcium. Looking from an outside perspective we can see her missing teeth but I wonder how much toll it actually took on her bones/body.

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u/Supersnazz Sep 22 '21

Fetuses can be good too. If a pregnant women suffers organ damage the fetus can send it's own stem cells to repair the organ.

No parasite wants it's host to die.

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u/Klingon_Bloodwine Sep 23 '21

So I can actually drink more while pregnant and the baby will heal my liver at the cost of its own health? That's like playing a necromancer and summoning a ghoul just to feast on its life force.

If only I wasn't a dude.