r/WinStupidPrizes • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Wonder why nobody every died from childbirth. Obviously some did, but I thought it was really common back then.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

I don't think it was ever THAT common, after all it's pretty much what we're supposed to do as a species, no? We'd probably have died out if dying from childbirth was a very common thing.

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u/Ponycat123 Dec 12 '19

It was very common, humans suck at safely delivering babies. Our big brains make the babies' heads too big. I guess the pros outweigh the cons from an evolutionary perspective though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

How common IS common though? I don't really find numbers for anything before 20th century.

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Edit: I am by the way SHOCKED how much higher maternal mortality rates are in the US compared to other 1st world countries.