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What does not having children do to your body?
So simply having fewer periods over a lifetime may be a major contributor to reduced cancer risk. An increased breast cancer risk is associated with being older during a first pregnancy and never having given birth. So, in plain language, you are at a slightly higher risk of breast cancer if you don’t have children.
Does having a baby shorten your life?
A study, published in Menopause in January 2015, found women who had their last kid after 33 had double the chance of living to 95 or older as opposed to those who had their last one by 29. Another study showed women who gave birth after 40 were four times more likely to live to be a 100 years old.
What happens to your body when you have a baby?
Your blood. Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure and gestational diabetes, two fairly common blood-related complications, usually go away after you have your baby. However, once you’ve had these problems, you’re at an increased risk of getting them again later in life.
Does having children make you more stupid and forgetful?
Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure and gestational diabetes, two fairly common blood-related complications, usually go away after you have your baby. However, once you’ve had these problems, you’re at an increased risk of getting them again later in life. It only seems as if having children makes you more stupid and forgetful.
Are kids really the best thing in Your Life?
There’s a simple truth embedded in this conversation: Kids are great; kids are terrible; kids are the best thing in your life; and kids are a never-ending drain on your energy, wallet, and emotional well-being. All of these things are true simultaneously.
Is it true that women weigh more after having kids?
It’s true that most women weigh more after having kids. But it’s also true that most women weigh more after not having kids-the bulk of your excess weight, it turns out, comes from age rather than pregnancy.