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Morning sickness reduces breast cancer risk
Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Health & Safety: Babies
Morning sickness, apparently, is good for you. While I'm sure it's an incredibly unpleasant aspect of pregnancy, nauseated mothers-to-be can take comfort in the fact that it lowers their risk of breast cancer -- by 30 percent.
Doctors aren't exactly sure what causes morning sickness in the first place, so they're not certain which aspect of it works to reduce the chances of developing cancer. However, best guess is that the nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are the result of higher levels of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin -- which may also work to prevent breast cancer.
Subseuently, the more human chorionic gonadotropin you produce, the sicker you get, and the more protected you are.
While it's certainly great news for some women, I have a feeling this information won't be very comforting when they're up in the middle of the night, doubled over the toilet, hoping they're not about to revisit dinner.
At least, in the end, something good comes out of it (and, of course, you'll get a baby, too).
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6-26-2007 @ 9:11AM
Marcia said...Well if that's true, I should never have to worry about getting breast cancer! I was in the restroom at least 4 times a day for a good ammount of time. Stomach acid does NOT taste good.
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6-26-2007 @ 9:19AM
M4Mommy said...Whoo Hoo- So the 37 weeks of 24/7 nausea and vomiting are going to be worth it after all!
A great kid and a reduced risk of breast cancer. Cant get much better than that
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6-26-2007 @ 11:30AM
Lauren said...I never had morning sickness so that's not good news for me, but i started the pre-natal pills late and when I started on them I would feel nauseous I think that's a big part of it at least for some people.
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