Tag: lordosis

• The Myth of Childbearing Hips | Squished Pt 2 |

  

  These hips don’t lie. They were selected for by evolutionary pressures right along with bigger headed babies. Learn why female humans tend to have wider hips than males and why it has little to do with birth.

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 4, 2018

  Birth, Blog

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