Having a baby isn't all cuddles and coos. The postpartum period is marked by sleepless nights, upturned schedules, hormone shifts – and sometimes severe depression and anxiety. Adding to all that is dealing with weight gained during pregnancy.

Now more women appear to be turning to popular GLP-1 drugs to try to lose baby weight, a new Danish study suggests, despite the fact that little is known about the safety of using these medications while nursing. MORE: Even a weeklong break from social media improves mental health, study says

The research published Monday in JAMA Network found that after semaglutide — which includes brand names Ozempic and Wegovy — came to market, prescriptions for these medications rose shapely in postpartum, which refers to the period after giving birth that

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