We review a significant body of evidence from independent prospective studies that if a
mother is stressed while pregnant, her child is substantially more likely to have emotional or …

A direct link between antenatal maternal mood and fetal behaviour, as observed by
ultrasound from 27 to 28 weeks of gestation onwards, is well established. Moreover, 14 …

Care for the emotional state of pregnant women remains a neglected aspect of obstetric
medicine. Many prospective studies have shown that, if a mother is depressed, anxious, or …

Background: Postnatal and antenatal depression are a focus of considerable clinical and
research attention, but little is known about the patterns of anxiety across this period …

BackgroundAnimal experiments suggest that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy
have long-term effects on the behaviour of the off spring. AimsTo test the hypothesis that …

Background Multiple early reports of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 showed
that patients with chronic respiratory disease were significantly under-represented in these …

Recent human studies have shown that a wide variety of prenatal stressors, from anxiety
and partner relationship problems, to natural disasters, increase the risk for a diverse range …

Background: Previous animal investigations link antenatal stress with a range of persistent
behavioural abnormalities in the offspring. The current study examined if the effect was also …

OBJECTIVE:: To examine the hypothesis that the effects of postnatal depression on
children's behavioral/emotional problems are explained by antenatal maternal mood …

Objective: To investigate whether maternal anxiety in the third trimester is associated with an
increased uterine artery resistance index. Design: Cohort based study. Subjects: 100 …