Second pregnancy changes the brain in surprising new ways

Per ScienceDaily, researchers have discovered that each pregnancy leaves its own neural fingerprint—a second pregnancy rewires the brain in a distinctly different pattern than the first. The finding opens doors to better understanding and treating maternal mental health conditions like peripartum depression, which affects many people in the months around childbirth.

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