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Why don't pregnant women topple over?

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When you think about it, the human body is really amazing. Women who are pregnant, by any practical understanding of physics, should just topple right over by full-term. But they don't... why is that? Well, good thing we have people in lab coats working to find answers to questions like that every day. Because a new study is out addressing this very issue!

According to this website, a woman with "average" weight should gain upwards of 35 pounds. While not all in front, it makes me wonder how their back doesn't hurt all day long. The study says that evolution provided women with different joints located in their backs and hips. This actually allows them to adjust their center of gravity!

Amazing as it is, these differences had gone unnoticed all this time. So what enables them to do this is a wedge-shaped lumbar vertebra in the lower back. In men, it's square. An important hip joint is also significantly larger (14 percent) than it is in men of comparable size. These subtle differences in anatomy allow women to carry babies without experiencing a whole lot of pain. They can also keep their balance by shifting weight differently!

Another one of life's little wonders. Now how do guys with big bellies do it?

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