I recently came across the following article and found it interesting and somewhat surprising!
January 18, 2010 (WLS) --
Although many parents might challenge it, a new study finds that raising kids may actually lower your blood pressure.
Scientists had 200 married couples wear blood pressure monitors for 24 hours.
Those with children, particularly mothers, had lower blood pressure than those who were childless.
Hormonal changes from pregnancy and childbirth may explain the differences.
Also, many parents will agree, children enrich and fulfill their lives, which may also explain the lower readings.
Complete results are available in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=7226180
It would be interesting to read the results in the Annals of Internal Medicine, but what I'm interpreting this news to mean, is that the hormonal changes your body experiences after childbirth could account for the lower blood pressure results. This is very fascinating to me since the whole pregnancy and childbirth process is so stress inducing!
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That is a surprise! I'm quite sure I would tweak the results....maybe the study doesn't count parents of toddlers or tweens :)
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