(Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images) A second pregnancy alters the brain in distinctive ways that are not simply a repeat of the first, new research shows. Compared with women having their first child and ...

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New research reveals that a second pregnancy causes distinctive alterations in the brain, differing from those experienced during a first pregnancy.

Pregnancy causes many profound changes to a woman’s body — and, it seems, her brain, according to a new study. Pregnancy physically alters a woman’s brain, with a second pregnancy bringing even more ...

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