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TIL that a potential complication during vaginal delivery is a "Uterine Inversion". In order to treat said inversion, the attending Doctor quite literally fists the female; he/she grabs the uterus through the vagina, and manually pushes it back into place. The alternative is massive hemorrhage.

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