How severe should the stress be during pregnancy to affect the baby?
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♣Yuki: Kio is almost here!♣ asked:
Lots of women are stressed out, depressed, emotional or simply just moody during pregnancy. But how severe is the stress to actually affect the baby?
November 27th, 2008 at 1:59 am
well what i was told is that when u stress ur baby gets stressed out also and then when she/he is born they will cry all the time and wont sleep at night…So thats y they say to be happy all the time, smile, look at nice things and think of only possitive things. Good luck
November 27th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I’m not sure because most pregnant women experience all if not most of the emotions you explained. I can tell you this though, I have an anxiety disorder and am stressed 24/7 worse than I was before I got pregnant and my baby is doing fine. They dont monitor me any more closely than they do a normal pregnancy. Risks are normally nothing serious, just an irritable baby upon delivery, or a baby who cries a lot at the beginning so i’ve heard. Always ask a dr though. Good luck
November 30th, 2008 at 4:04 am
There is an old wives tale that if you cry lots during pregnancy your baby will after its born. I don’t believe it of course. Also I am not sure about the stress affecting the baby as much as the pregnancy, it can cause early delivery , high blood pressure etc which puts the Baby at risk that way. I think it would have be quiet a lot of stress to do so though – like one major event or a constant stream of stress through the pregnancy. I had a fairly healthy pregnancy and a very healthy baby though she was early. When I was 4 months along a close family member passed away and then when I was 5 months a long I lost my brother. I helped raise him and a big part of me is gone because of this. I managed to hold myself pretty good. My girl was born two months early but I don’t think it was because of this, I will really ever know.
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
When people ask this question I always like to refer to the babies born to mothers who lost their husbands in the tragedy of 9/11 in 2001. Can you imagine how stressed and depressed these pregnant women must have been after losing their husbands in such a horrible tragedy, especially knowing their children would never meet their fathers? Their babies were just fine, they had a special on TV last year at this time with some of the mother’s and their children who were effected by the tragedy. As long as you take care of your self physically, your baby should be fine.
December 5th, 2008 at 4:28 am
My daughter’s dad and I fought all the time when I was pregnant with her. I was always stressed out! She was under 5lbs, and colicky like crazy! She also has lots of anxieties. She was in the 5th percentile for weight and height for her first 9 months of life. Her dad and I never fought around her, but there was always tension in the air. We divorced and he moved out when she was 9 months old. at her 12 month check-up she had already shot up to the 25th percentile, and was in the 50th by 18 months. She was also happier, and healthier. I believe a lot of it had to do with a better, happier home.
December 6th, 2008 at 1:06 am
I have been stressed out becuase my baby’s daddy and I broke up and we still fight… I have been stressed this whole pregnancy. My baby is weighing in around 6lbs. Maybe more maybe less. She’s gonna be tiny. I don’t really know if that has anything to do with it but it might.
37 weeks.