Postpartum Women Face Higher Risk of Gallbladder Stones, Experts Advise Diet Changes

Imagine your body has a little storage bag for a special liquid called bile, which helps digest food.

After having a baby, a woman's body goes through big changes, like with hormones.

These changes can make the storage bag work slower.

If a new mom eats a lot of fatty foods, like butter or oil, it can make the bile thicker and stickier, like honey.

This can cause little hard stones to form in the bag.

Sometimes, losing weight too fast can also cause these stones.

Doctors say eating healthy foods like fruits and vegetables with lots of fiber, drinking water, and moving your body can help prevent these stones from forming.

It's important to talk to a doctor if you feel pain after eating fatty foods.