I think it all depends on your genetics and on how helpful and supportive your partner is

So pleased that no one knew this in the early days when it was routine for 14 or so kids – mu mum was the 14th for my grandma and she died in her 100’s. I had 4 but am still in excellent health.

I stopped at three children

Interesting research.

That’s why I’ve just got two!

I’ve no doubt having more than 3 children does much more to a woman’s health including stress levels to high blood pressure to mental health issues, etc.

Then they say having no children increases your risk of breast cancer, coffee is good for your heart, coffee is bad for your heart-the list keeps growing and changing. I think you need to do what is right for you.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 07 Jun 2018 , 6:52 am

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  I will never give up coffee! 🙂 Advice does change and I agree with a commonsense approach and maintaining good health……but again….will never give up coffee! 🙂

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    • • Ellen replied
      • 07 Jun 2018 , 2:08 pm

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    Me neither ! Coffee is too good 🙂

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    • • mom93821 replied
      • 08 Jun 2018 , 5:46 am

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    🙂

Not that I was planning on 5 kids…

I understood that the whole ‘heart disease’ thing is rather recent. It never used to be the leading cause of death in the USA or anywhere else, but food changes – like bad fats, more processing, etc. – along with less activity have led to it being a problem now. I’m sure it affects mothers as much as anyone else, and studies that examine number of pregnancies or anything else are going to find more people dying of heart issues because of the whole ‘bad food thing’….. I doubt whether kids/pregnancy are really the main cause of heart disease. In the ‘old days’ large families were so common (my mother certainly did fine with 4 kids but she kept active and wasn’t overweight)… so I’d agree with the conclusion.. it’s all about looking after yourself and taking the time to find out what foods, in what supermarkets, are killing you and with what disease.

I think it really depends why and how you have that many children. I had my first lot in my twenties but the surprises in my forties and at 51 were still welcomed. I think the later ones while being a stress on me , I had older children to help out. The twins at 51 were the most stressful due to age not number of children.

I think the study should have been done on a younger population too as the older we get the more chance of heart issues ect arise

It makes sense pregnancy and child birth takes a huge toll on your body.

Someone should tell that mum in the UK, pregnant for the 21st time! I only had 2 and have noticed body changes

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  • • mom90758 replied
    • 06 Jun 2018 , 6:12 pm

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  I was thinking exactly the same! 🙂

This article underlines the importance of maintaining heart health.

Lol, thinking about the article this week sharing about the mum who’s pregnant with her 21st child ! Hope her heart is healthy ! To be honest I think it all has to do with how relaxed you are. The more kids you have, the more hands you may expect of your older children to help with your younger children. Having children doesn’t have to be stressful, although we all go through stressful periods in life, but often these are brought on by other circumstances.

It makes sense that it takes a bigger toll on the body, but I also think genetics plays a big part in longevity.

This certainly fits my personal experience.

I can see where this article is coming from. There’s little to no time for myself having one, I can’t imagine 5!

Gosh only read about the lady with 21 children yesterday on here.. hopefully she is taking extra care of herself.