Women who reported having been pregnant looked biologically older than women who had never, and women who had been pregnant more often looked ...older

[LuvOrlando]

Toughts?

A bunch of scientists concluded the idea that moms look older based on the volume of kids results from the pregnancy, but not not the exhaustion from the kids?
Plainly not written by moms, up worried - all the time.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240408150449.htm

 

[disneychrista]

Just goes to show you kids really do give you gray hair

 

[georgina]

Society is way too concerned with looking young. I look my age and am happy with that.

 

[gottalovepluto]

What an idiotic study. Of course women who have had their nutrients sucked out of their bodies for months on end by growing a human being inside of them are gonna show as more aged than those who have not.

 

[Karin1984]

Yeah, makes sense, creating a child and giving birth takes a huge toll on your body. If you do it a couple of times, not surprised you look older than those who did not.

 

[Southernmiss]

The study seemed to be looking at very young moms who were still maturing into adulthood.

I've had 4 kids starting at age 25 and people tell me I don't look my age. That I look younger.

So much goes into epigenetics. I would have liked to see more details of the study.

I do agree pregnancy takes a lot out of moms and is much more dangerous than often mentioned.

And no one prepared you for the lifetime of worries one has for our offspring.

 

[mousefan73]

So my anecdotal obervation.
Women I know who MARRIED young and had kids younger look or maybe give an older vibe vs those who never married/no kids or had married/kids later.

 

[mousefan73]

Yeah, makes sense, creating a child and giving birth takes a huge toll on your body. If you do it a couple of times, not surprised you look older than those who did not.

Pregnancy for me actually made me fitter and "younger" it was the years after being a mom, always feeding, having cooks, eating and eating, lack of sleep due to school and raising kids. focusing more on the kids aged me MUCH more than actually the biological act of creating a child

 

[disneychrista]

So my anecdotal obervation.
Women I know who MARRIED young and had kids younger look or maybe give an older vibe vs those who never married/no kids or had married/kids later.

Having kids young forces you to “grow up.” As a person who has 2 kids by 21 I know I wasn’t doing things typical 20-somethings might be doing.

 

[PollyannaMom]

This is another one of those studies we didn't need to spend money on to know the answer.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Toughts?

A bunch of scientists concluded the idea that moms look older based on the volume of kids results from the pregnancy, but not not the exhaustion from the kids?
Plainly not written by moms, up worried - all the time.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240408150449.htm

Not my problem. “The genetics are strong in that one…”said Obi Wan Kenobi.

 

[Kitty 34]

I most definitely look my age but I doubt I act it. But then I haven't read how a 70 year old is "suppose" to act.

 

[soccerdad72]

I think you may have set a record for the longest thread title on the DIS

 

[RedAngie]

Society is way too concerned with looking young. I look my age and am happy with that.

I’m 63 and look it.

So I just tell people I’m 80 and they tell me how wonderful I look.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I’m 63 and look it.

So I just tell people I’m 80 and they tell me how wonderful I look.

Oh my goodness, do you know my grandmother ?!? She lied like a rug about her age and went up and down the scale as the situ required

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have never been, but my hair was turning a crazy amount of grey before I turned 30. If I didn't color my hair now, I would probably be 100% grey, and would have been that way for a very long time.

 

[Christine]

The study seemed to be looking at very young moms who were still maturing into adulthood.

I've had 4 kids starting at age 25 and people tell me I don't look my age. That I look younger.

So much goes into epigenetics. I would have liked to see more details of the study.

I do agree pregnancy takes a lot out of moms and is much more dangerous than often mentioned.

And no one prepared you for the lifetime of worries one has for our offspring.

Well, just think how ultimately fantastic you could have looked if you had none, lol!

 

[Christine]

I believe it's probably true for the most part--always exceptions of course. The pregnancy hormones and sheer stress on the body have an impact on skin and tendon laxity. Tendons often relax a bit during pregancy and feet and hands can "spread." Hips widen a bit. Might not be noticeable but it happens.

 

[Magical2017]

It does say in the study that many of the pregnancies in their baseline study occurred during late adolescence, which might be stressful depending on the amount of support given to the mother. I do think the contrast between men and women is interesting, even if it is only 2.4 - 2.8 months of biological aging.