War in the womb (aeon.co)
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jcfrei Feb 26, 2018 | on: Why can’t women get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?… | context

Agreed. This one and the earlier article "War in the womb" posted in 2014 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8155153) fundamentally changed my understanding of pregnancies.

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