Mum's Stress Passed to baby in Utero

[Chemar]

A mother's stress can spread to her baby in the womb and may cause a lasting effect, German researchers propose. They have seen that a receptor for stress hormones appears to undergo a biological change in the unborn child if the mother is highly stressed, for example, because of a violent partner.

 

And this change may leave the child less able to handle stress themselves.

 

It has already been linked to mental illness and behavioural problems

 

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