You do get your axes back when you use the hatch without actually retrieving them yourself, yes. But otherwise It's not exactly broken. Before, you had to be not pregnant from either orc or summoned monster to leave, but now that being pregnant from the orc is treated as regular pregnancy, you can leave with a orc egg belly. It's just that you don't need the tub to lay the egg from the orc anymore to leave. Let's just think that you found a new pair near the ladder and the orcs left when you decide to return to Noria's tavern