TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) — Babies born to mothers who are depressed during pregnancy have higher levels of stress hormones, decreased muscle tone and other neurological and behavioral differences, a new study finds.
“The two possibilities are that [the infants] are either more sensitive to stress and respond more vigorously to it, or that they are less able to shut down their stress response,” lead investigator Dr. Delia M. Vazquez, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, said in a school news release.
The study included 154 pregnant women, over the age of 20, whose depressive symptoms were assessed at 28, 32 and 37 weeks of pregnancy and again when they gave birth. Umbilical cord blood samples were taken at birth to measure stress hormone levels. At two weeks, the infants underwent neurobehavioral tests to assess their motor skills and responses to stimuli and stress.
Up to one in five women experiences depression during pregnancy, and post-partum depression is also a common complication, according to the background material in the study. The researchers urged that pregnant women showing symptoms of depression contact a therapist.
So,the pregnant women also are easily to get depression.That mean depression did not recognize their victim although a pregnant women.What a scary depression..(~_~)
ReplyDeleteYep.Depression is always around us.
ReplyDeleteThe women that is depress during pregnancy will affect the baby. The baby may have a high risk of getting depression.
So,what if happen if the baby is born?
ReplyDeleteIs it may affect the baby?
the baby may easily to depress even because of the small matter.She or he don't want to communicate with any people and always seclude herself or himself from others.
ReplyDeleteThis will make him or her look like an abnormal person.
ya,doris has made a good point there.hmm...maybe we shall see why pregnant women so easily get depression (one out of five!).i personally think that future mothers are being too nervous towards their coming-soon-baby,worrying that they might not be able to take good care of their future baby,especially for those who are giving birth for the first time.just like what izzat said, it's scary because if you're pregnant,you will definitely have the chance of getting depression!so it's an issue that we should pay some attention to as babies are the next generations of us.
ReplyDeleteJust like a scary movie!
ReplyDeleteStress can be inherited through the birth. So it's very important to all women to know this fact. And I agreed with Suehan about why pregnant women so easily get depression. We must prepared physically and mentally.
You're definitely right,Azrai.To prevent ourselves from getting depression,we must prepare physically and mentally,especially the latter.
ReplyDeleteYa...prevention is better than cure..
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