20/08/2025
FACTS ABOUT THE UTERUS ✍🏽
💥Strongest muscle in the body (pound for pound).
The uterus can generate up to 100 lbs of force per contraction during labor. That’s more than many athletes can deadlift with just one muscle.
💥Expands 500x its size.
From about the size of a pear, it can stretch to hold a full-term baby, placenta, and up to a liter of amniotic fluid. Then it shrinks back down after birth.
💥It has memory.
The uterus can actually “remember” previous pregnancies. After someone has given birth, future labors are often faster because of changes in uterine muscle fibers.
💥Blood flow powerhouse.
In late pregnancy, the uterus receives 20% of the entire body’s blood supply to nourish the baby and placenta.
💥Self-repairing organ.
After birth, the uterus clamps down on blood vessels and regenerates tissue where the placenta detached. Few organs in the body can heal so rapidly.
💥Source of life since forever.
In many cultures, the uterus was seen as the “original cauldron” of creation, where life begins, where transformation happens, and where raw power resides.
💥Contracts outside of labor too.
The uterus contracts during menstruation, or**sm, and even breastfeeding.
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