Isnt it peculiar that human females still give birth just like any other mammal?

Question

Together with other mutations that have made human beings supposedly "superior", a process so essential for survival of the species is still exceedingly primitive, unconfortable, painful and has hardly been affected by evolution.
Take away the hospital paraphernalia and all women are no better off than any other mammal.
What about some earnest scientific investigation to make coming into this crazy world less stressful for the offspring and the mother? I mean, it is rather horrifying to think something the size of a watermelon gets forced through a hole the size of an olive. What about all the blood and gore? you know, it is pretty tough to recover from all that for mother and child.
Ok, I know that is how it has been all these thousands of years but Geeezzzes does it have to carry on being like that?
That is one of the things that the guys dealing with the Human Genoma should look at. Economically speaking It is already a big dilema to decide to have a child.

A C-section is just as gory and gut stirring experience. That is one of medicine's procedures to save mother and child, which is very nice, but still it is dreadfully painful.

Answer 1

Not peculiar per se. We are still mammals, after all. We don't (usually) tear flesh off the bones of a fresh kill, but will still have the incisors to do so. We don't have a tail, but we do have a coccyx. Evolutionarily speaking, "civilization" is a recent trend. Give evolution enough time and we may evolve away from having to give birth to a live, defenseless young - or give technology enough time and we may invent something. But still remember, we are mammals, and mammals give birth to their young.

One reason we may have trouble with birth is walking upright - it forces hips to be narrower, and less flexible, therefore making it more difficult to pass a baby. But I don't think evolving backward to walking on all fours is the answer either.

Answer 2

There was a Star Trek Voyager episode in which the doctor helped a woman give birth by beaming the baby right out of her. Now there's an advanced way to give birth!

Answer 3

well I don't know about peculiar but I do know that personally it was a beautiful and awesome experience and an all natural one, all three times for me (approx.8 hours labour first son; 12 hours labour second son and then 13 years later it was approx 2 hours labour and a beautiful daughter) and quite seriously I had had and have had since way worse migraines; our "superiority" does not come from how we have babies but with our "thought process" although lately in the news I would say we aren't "superior" at all.

Answer 4

Yea childbirth is something else. When my son was born he was birthed by C-Section. I didnt see what happened though.

When my daughter was born, I was amazed by how little the doctors actually did. then it hit me, I could have done this shi. at home. You clowns are charging all this dam money "in the event that something happens to go wrong!" I was completely HOODWINKED! All that money for a quick bath for the baby and the nurse to cut the cord! I could have burned the scissors myself and cut that baby loose. I should have went to medical school.

"I to can tell women what not to do for 9 months, and then stand there nonchalontley and look like Im doing something for 15 minutes while a lady screams and hollers in pain and is ready to pop. Then take all aclaim and accolades for what happens naturally!"

Answer 5

The platypus is a monotreme and is one of three mammals that lay eggs. It reaches sexual maturity at two years.

Answer 6

sound peculiar to me,i thing men should have babies and send the women to work

Answer 7

have you ever heard of a C-Section? There is your advancement.