Research
Time between pregnancies may shape how fast mothers age
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- Biological age reportedly rises during pregnancy and falls again in the months after birth.
- Researchers are asking whether the interval between pregnancies affects how fully these changes reverse.
- Two Harvard researchers propose that the time between pregnancies may influence maternal biological aging.
Why it matters
The study is a proposal about how pregnancy spacing could relate to maternal biological aging, which may matter for how science readers interpret reproductive health research.
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Tests suggest that biological age rises during pregnancy and falls again in the months after birth. Researchers are now asking whether the time between pregnancies affects how fully those changes reverse. Two Harvard researchers propose that the time a woman gets between…
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Time between pregnancies may shape how fast mothers age