How Could Evolution Do This?

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Yesterday we learned about the placenta . . . a baby’s lifeline until birth.

But, after birth, it’s not needed anymore, so it detaches from the uterus. But that leaves a massive open wound. One pint of blood per minute drains from the mother’s now—open arteries . . . within minutes all her blood is gone.

Wait—that’s not what happens! God designed the arteries in the uterus with precisely placed muscles that seal off when the placenta detaches. Instead of losing all her blood, mom usually loses less than one pint!

And this is just one example of how precise childbirth must be so both mom and baby survive. Childbirth didn’t evolve—God created this.

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