Preterm birth (PTB) is of epidemic proportions in the United States, particularly among
African Americans. Its consequences range from risk of infant mortality to lifelong disease …

Schuurmans C, Kurrasch DM. Neurodevelopmental consequences of maternal distress:
what do we really know? A simple internet search of 'maternal stress and pregnancy'turns up …

Many prospective studies have shown that if a mother is depressed, anxious or stressed
while pregnant, this increases the risk for her child having a wide range of adverse …

Animal models suggest that stress-induced hormonal changes in the mother during
pregnancy lead to enduring changes in the fetus and empirical links between prenatal …

Background: Animal studies show that prenatal maternal stress may be related to cognitive
impairments in offspring. Therefore, we examined whether psychological and …

Mounting evidence from clinic and convenience samples suggests that stress is an
important predictor of adverse obstetric outcomes. Using a proposed theoretical framework …

Objective: Stress in pregnancy predicts earlier birth and lower birth weight. The authors
investigated whether pregnancy-specific stress contributes uniquely to birth outcomes …

Background A growing body of literature documents associations of maternal psychosocial
stress during pregnancy with fetal, infant and child behaviour and development. However …

The mechanisms whereby maternal stress during pregnancy exerts organizational effects on
fetal development require elaboration. The aim of this study was to assess the plausibility of …

The developmental origins of disease or fetal programming model predict that early
exposures to threat or adverse conditions have lifelong consequences that result in harmful …