Stress Affects The Fetus In Your Womb
I have written and posted a number of articles about how stress can affect fertility and your ability to carry a pregnancy to term. (To read how hormones are affected by stress see: www.getpregnantover40.com).One study found, after examining the fetuses of women who had miscarried that the stress hormone "cortisol" was found in the offspring of women who were under stress.
Your uterine environment is affected by your stress level as well. This can have long term consequences for your baby including everything from irritability to infections. Read more:
Stress is an example of how a fetus responds to stimuli in the womb and adapts physiologically. "When the mother is stressed, several biological changes occur, including elevation of stress hormones and increased likelihood of intrauterine infection," Dr. Wadhwa says. "The fetus builds itself permanently to deal with this kind of high-stress environment, and once it's born may be at greater risk for a whole bunch of stress-related pathologies."
from: www.webmd.com
