Health Benefits of Pregnancy
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Can anyone share any of Peat's information on the health benefits of pregnancy for the mother, including information about having multiple children? I need this information since some people seem to think its a given that pregnancy damages a woman's body.
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@dan-saintdominic As an anecdote, I know of a woman who had a rare disorder where some specific nerve was damaged/underdeveloped since birth and it caused her a host of minor issues. After having a baby, all issues associated with that nerve vanished. Who knows what miracle of stem cells caused it to happen, but it's certainly interesting. Also, pregnancy makes boobies bigger, an obvious benefit.
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@dan-saintdominic
There is a Hungarian study that Ray cites about up to 8 kids reducing all cause mortality. Months and months of increasing progesterone being protective on all fronts.
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An anecdote that i thought was very interesting was Jon Jones (arguable greatest MMA fighter of all time), along with his brothers Chandler and Arthur Jones (both NFL players) were birthed by a diabetic mother who later died from the illness. Obviously not enough to say there’s a direct correlation but interesting that a diabetic mother gave birth to 3 freak athletes
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