"And in evolutionary terms, species don’t really get a harder problem than the one we have to deal with: Human beings are really, really bad at reproducing ourselves. Even today, with modern medical interventions, our pregnancies and births—and, as a result, our postpartum recoveries—are longer, harder, and more prone to crippling complications than they are for most other primates."

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/10/gynecology-human-ancestors-eve-bohannon/675526/