"Older" Moms...

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• Ziegeficker member

  June 2014

  You're absolutely right, @CK2MD‌. I kinda laugh when studies like this come out, since I think it's nearly impossible to account for so many X-factors inherent in the human experience. But I still find it interesting since it's one of the first articles I've read that actually finds a scientific positive in having children later in life.

  
  
  
  
  

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• Mrs_Lady member

  July 2014

  this must be a first but agree way to many variables

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• BabyCarryingVessel member

  July 2014

  This reminded me of that Utah population study where they found twin moms live longer. I just looked up this excerpt...

  "Mothers of twins, in other words, may be fitter for survival. Having multiple births clearly takes a toll on the mother; previous studies have shown that women who have twins, triplets or other sets of multiples suffer more complications at birth and many long-term effects from carrying more than one child in utero. (Not to mention the headache of raising two babies at once.) But, says Smith, if women are able to survive giving birth to twins, that may indicate that she is endowed with some combination of genetic, physical and physiological characteristics that may contribute to a longer life."

  I certainly don't feel like I'm "endowed" with anything except extra grey hair!

   

  

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• Ziegeficker member

  July 2014

  BabyCarryingVessel said:

  This reminded me of that Utah population study where they found twin moms live longer. I just looked up this excerpt...

  "Mothers of twins, in other words, may be fitter for survival. Having multiple births clearly takes a toll on the mother; previous studies have shown that women who have twins, triplets or other sets of multiples suffer more complications at birth and many long-term effects from carrying more than one child in utero. (Not to mention the headache of raising two babies at once.) But, says Smith, if women are able to survive giving birth to twins, that may indicate that she is endowed with some combination of genetic, physical and physiological characteristics that may contribute to a longer life."

  I certainly don't feel like I'm "endowed" with anything except extra grey hair!

  
  You and @BandEddie‌ (and other mothers of multiples) are endowed with being total badasses. It's true.

  
  
  
  
  

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