Let's talk some breast cancer statistics:
Women who have a child before age 20 have decreased risk of breast cancer.
Women who have a child after age 35 have increased risk of breast cancer.
Women who have no children at all have an even higher risk of breast cancer than women who have children.
What! I don't want to have a kid just to lower my chance of breast cancer--that'd be a really screwed-up kid.
notes:
*the stats refer to having any child, not just the first child
*the stats show correlation and not cause and effect. As time progresses and generational habits change, statistics may change as well
*learned from my pathogenesis course
my PCP told to make sure i have a child before 30 haha oh boy.
ReplyDeleteI also just learned about amniotic fluid embolism, a rare complication during labor that can kill the mother. When I heard the graphic case presentation in class, my first thought was, "Oh my gosh, don't get pregnant!" But that's just me.
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