“How am I going to make it through pregnancy?” A qualitative examination of prenatal maternal stress

Birth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittain L Mahaffey ◽  
Jacqueline L Tilley ◽  
Lucero K Molina ◽  
Adam Gonzalez ◽  
Elyse Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress

Life Course Pathways to Prenatal Maternal Stress

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Kingston ◽  
Wendy Sword ◽  
Paul Krueger ◽  
Steve Hanna ◽  
Maureen Markle‐Reid
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress

scholarly journals Prenatal Maternal Stress Predicts Childhood Asthma in Girls: Project Ice Storm

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay ◽  
Robert Lim ◽  
David P. Laplante ◽  
Lester Kobzik ◽  
Alain Brunet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Childhood Asthma ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Small Study ◽  
Ice Storm ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Immune Functioning ◽  
Asthma Symptoms ◽  
Asthma Risk

Little is known about how prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) influences risks of asthma in humans. In this small study, we sought to determine whether disaster-related PNMS would predict asthma risk in children. In June 1998, we assessed severity of objective hardship and subjective distress in women pregnant during the January 1998 Quebec Ice Storm. Lifetime asthma symptoms, diagnoses, and corticosteroid utilization were assessed when the children were 12 years old (N=68). No effects of objective hardship or timing of the exposure were found. However, we found that, in girls only, higher levels of prenatal maternal subjective distress predicted greater lifetime risk of wheezing (OR=1.11; 90% CI = 1.01–1.23), doctor-diagnosed asthma (OR=1.09; 90% CI = 1.00–1.19), and lifetime utilization of corticosteroids (OR=1.12; 90% CI = 1.01–1.25). Other perinatal and current maternal life events were also associated with asthma outcomes. Findings suggest that stress during pregnancy opens a window for fetal programming of immune functioning. A sex-based approach may be useful to examine how prenatal and postnatal environments combine to program the immune system. This small study needs to be replicated with a larger, more representative sample.

DNA methylation in imprinted genes IGF2 and GNASXL is associated with prenatal maternal stress

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Beau Vangeel ◽  
Benedetta Izzi ◽  
Titia Hompes ◽  
Kristof Vansteelandt ◽  
Diether Lambrechts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Imprinted Genes ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress

Epigenetic upregulation of acid-sensing ion channel 1 contributes to gastric hypersensitivity in adult offspring rats with prenatal maternal stress

Pain ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 161 (5) ◽  
pp. 989-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Jun Wang ◽  
Xue Xu ◽  
Ping-An Zhang ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
You-Lang Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Channel ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Adult Offspring ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress

scholarly journals Prenatal maternal stress and birth outcomes in rural Ghana: sex-specific associations

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise ◽  
Blair J. Wylie ◽  
Ellen Boamah-Kaali ◽  
Darby W. Jack ◽  
Felix Boakye Oppong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Maternal Stress ◽  
Birth Outcome ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Adverse Birth Outcome ◽  
Prenatal Maternal Stress ◽  
Rural Ghana

Abstract Background In developed countries, prenatal maternal stress has been associated with poor fetal growth, however this has not been evaluated in rural sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the effect of prenatal maternal stress on fetal growth and birth outcomes in rural Ghana. Methods Leveraging a prospective, rural Ghanaian birth cohort, we ascertained prenatal maternal negative life events, categorized scores as 0-2 (low stress; referent), 3-5 (moderate), and > 5 (high) among 353 pregnant women in the Kintampo North Municipality and Kintampo South District located within the middle belt of Ghana. We employed linear regression to determine associations between prenatal maternal stress and infant birth weight, head circumference, and length. We additionally examined associations between prenatal maternal stress and adverse birth outcome, including low birth weight, small for gestational age, or stillbirth. Effect modification by infant sex was examined. Results In all children, high prenatal maternal stress was associated with reduced birth length (β = − 0.91, p = 0.04; p-value for trend = 0.04). Among girls, moderate and high prenatal maternal stress was associated with reduced birth weight (β = − 0.16, p = 0.02; β = − 0.18, p = 0.04 respectively; p-value for trend = 0.04) and head circumference (β = − 0.66, p = 0.05; β = − 1.02, p = 0.01 respectively; p-value for trend = 0.01). In girls, high prenatal stress increased odds of any adverse birth outcome (OR 2.41, 95% CI 1.01-5.75; p for interaction = 0.04). Sex-specific analyses did not demonstrate significant effects in boys. Conclusions All infants, but especially girls, were vulnerable to effects of prenatal maternal stress on birth outcomes. Understanding risk factors for impaired fetal growth may help develop preventative public health strategies. Trial registration NCT01335490 (prospective registration). Date of Registration: April 14, 2011. Status of Registration: Completed.

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