Large families ‘protect’ mother’s health
Posted By Jennifer McBride on November 28, 2011
This interesting study helps fight the myth that having babies is bad for women:
Research involving 1300 women in California suggested those who had four or more children were one third less likely to due from cardiovascular disease. The majority of the effect seemed to result from the prevention of stroke, as mothers of large families were almost 50 per cent less likely to die of a stroke.
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