Women lose 500+ milliliters of blood during vaginal birth—that's enough to cause shock.

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Labor is a controlled hemorrhage. The uterine muscles contracting after delivery compress blood vessels like a living tourniquet. If this mechanism fails, postpartum hemorrhage kills women in minutes. This is why childbirth remained the leading cause of maternal death until antibiotics and transfusions—the body's evolved solution is terrifyingly fragile.

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