Stress in Womb
Did you know that a pregnant woman in a stage of stress might put her infant at risk for cognitive problem later in life? But mother’s nurture could protect against the risk. A professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, Thomas o’ Connor said, the first direct human evidence that fetus exposed to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which possibly gets released in the mother’s body when she stressed out could have trouble paying attention or solving problems when they grow up. But the more intriguing is that this negative link disappear almost entirely if the mother forges a secure connection with her baby. The professor said there is some future studies are needed to confirm the findings.
