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The one time humans get built inside another human and then evicted.
means The act or process of a baby being born, from labor through delivery.
from A plain compound — 'child' plus 'birth' — stitched together in Middle English. Nothing exotic here: it's one of those straightforward Germanic smashes, like 'housework' or 'nightfall,' where two honest words just moved in together and never left. 'Birth' itself traces back to Old Norse 'byrðr' and further to a root meaning 'to carry,' which is fitting, since carrying is most of the job.
- contractions timing
- uterus squeezes harder than most emotional breakdowns
- pain scale myth
- often compared to breaking 20 bones simultaneously
- oldest profession tie
- midwifery predates written history itself
- hormone surge
- oxytocin released rivals levels seen during orgasm