Pregnancy may speed up biological ageing, study finds

Each pregnancy is linked with an additional two to three months of biological ageing, researchers say

Pregnancy may speed up biological ageing in women, a study has found.

Scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York looked at the reproductive histories and DNA samples from 1,735 people in a long-term, continuing health survey in the Philippines to investigate the influence pregnancy has on the ageing process.