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"For the mother, somatically." Despite a lot of biology learning, this essay was an eye-opener about what is going on between the fetus and mother in pregnancy:
_Why pregnancy is a biological war between mother and baby_ by Suzanne Sadedin.
"Even with the help of modern medicine, pregnancy still kills about 800 women every day worldwide. ... Cells from the invading placenta digest their way through the endometrial surface, puncturing the mother’s arteries, swarming inside and remodelling them to suit the foetus."

I suspect Cordelia had a tense conversation with Drou after the second delivery - Drou: How difficult is the transfer into a Urtarine Replicator? Cordelia: It can be as simple as the two of you giving sperm and egg samples, and a Medtech doing an in vitro conception. At worse it's what I went thru. D: so, no pain? C: Yep, except for the bills.... I'll help on that. D: Oh, you would? C: Happily!