High levels of maternal stress during pregnancy linked to children's ...

Children whose mothers are highly stressed, anxious or depressed during pregnancy may be at higher risk for mental health and behavior issues during their ...

Antenatal maternal stress and long-term effects on child ...

Indeed, a recent study has shown that prenatal stress, especially at 25–28 weeks' gestation, is associated with an increased risk of autism (Beversdorf et al., ...

Effects of prenatal stress on pregnancy and human development

Both overall stress and pregnancy-specific distress are associated with higher rates of PTB, LBW and unplanned caesarean sections. ... The implications of these ...

Prenatal stress can program a child's brain for later health issues

High levels of maternal stress during pregnancy can predispose a developing fetus to psychiatric and cardiovascular illnesses decades later.

Maternal stress, child behavior and the promotive role of older siblings

Moreover, stress during pregnancy might increase the likelihood of behavior problems during childhood [54, 58], including attention deficit or ...

Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Infant Illness - UCSF

Greater maternal stress during pregnancy is linked with significant increases in the number and variety of infant illness during the first year of life.

Brain structural and functional outcomes in the offspring of women ...

In addition, prenatal maternal stress has been associated with elevated depressive symptoms in adolescent offspring, and early childhood changes ...

Prenatal Stress and the Developing Brain: Postnatal Environments ...

Heightened maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with atypical brain development and an elevated risk for psychopathology in offspring.

The Effects of Prenatal Stress on Child Behavioural and Cognitive ...

We have shown that, within a normal population, the children of the most anxious mothers during pregnancy (top 15%), had double the risk of ...

Mild Maternal Stress May Actually Help Children Mature

Contrary to popular belief, mild to moderate levels of maternal psychological stress during pregnancy may actually enhance fetal maturation.

Prenatal Maternal Stress Associated with ADHD and ... - Frontiers

Research suggests that offspring of mothers who experience high levels of stress during pregnancy are more likely to have problems in neurobehavioral ...

Maternal stress during pregnancy alters fetal cortico-cerebellar ...

We observe that higher maternal prenatal stress is associated with increased toddler sleep concerns, with actigraphy sleep metrics, and with decreased fetal ...

High stress during pregnancy linked to elevated cortisol in toddlers ...

Louis and Dartmouth College have discovered a connection between toddler hair cortisol levels — a long-term stress biomarker — and maternal ...

Influence of Maternal Stress during Pregnancy on Child's ... - MDPI

Foetal neurodevelopment consists of a sequence of complex mechanisms which lead to the normal development of the foetus' central nervous system (CNS), including ...

Protecting the Fetal Brain from Maternal Stress During Pregnancy

The child brain wires differently when prenatally exposed to maternal psychological stress; children born of mothers that experienced high levels of prenatal ...

Association between prenatal maternal anxiety and/or stress and ...

A weak negative association was found between prenatal stress and/or anxiety exposure and children's general intellectual development.

Emotional Stress During Pregnancy – Associations With Maternal ...

Research indicates that elevated maternal cortisol levels in response to stress may affect the offspring's HPA axis functioning. Consequences might be increased ...

16 Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Infant and Child Outcome

Abstract. Many independent prospective studies show maternal stress, anxiety, or depression during pregnancy poses an increased risk for her child to have.

Maternal stress during pregnancy and early childhood development

In utero stress during the first trimester of pregnancy reduces cognitive skills among low and high-income children. •. A maternal stressful event during the ...

Stress in Pregnancy Linked to Changes in Infant's Nervous System ...

Maternal stress during the second trimester of pregnancy may influence the nervous system of the developing child, both before and after birth.