Science!

The fatigue and pangs of pregnancy have made many women feel older than their years.

Now there’s new research that suggests pregnancy may, in fact, accelerate the aging process.


Two new studies of genetic markers in the blood cells of pregnant women suggest that their cells seem to age at an exaggerated clip, adding extra months or even years to a woman’s so-called biological age as her pregnancy progresses.


But one of the studies also suggests this process may reverse itself once a woman gives birth, rewinding time so that some mothers’ cells seemingly end up biologically younger afterward than they’d been during gestation, especially if a mother breastfeeds her baby…..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/08/pregnancy-aging-biological-clocks/