Absolutely. From what I understand, there's been an evolutionary war for resources between the womb and the placenta, which is a big part of why human pregnancies are so complicated and invasive compared to other mammals (because no other mammal has this anywhere near as extreme as we do).

Why us and not other mammals? No idea.

I believe it all comes down to our giant noggin/brain. It's a giant resource tar pit, it's why we're born effectively premature, it's why we take forever to be in any shape of form self sufficient and it's why we would drain the mother of all resources available if she wouldn't regulate that desire to fuel our brain to the max.

Turns out, being the most intelligent apex comes with some gestational specialities.