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pickles16
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Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
Does anyone believe this...My mom keeps telling me to strop stressing out over things (see my dog post from yesterday) I've just been an emotional rollercoaster the past few weeks and today from my huge fight with DH about the dog I'm just feeling sad....so my Mom keeps saying that I'm putting too much stress on the baby...
do you guys believe this??? I know there are ppl going through much more tramatic things while pregnant, but I'm just completely drained from arguing and being up and down emotionally lately!!!
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WilliesWife
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I don't know if it is true or not, but I really hope not. I have been going through alot of stress lately too and I just hope I am not passing it on the the baby........
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| Posted 8/27/08 1:33 PM |
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mamallama
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I don't know if I believe it, but people have been telling me this too..
The way I look at it is 9 months is a long time and things happen in life that are beyond our control. We can't not be stressed in a 9 month period 
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| Posted 8/27/08 1:33 PM |
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wannabemom
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
Well, there are many stress hormones, and most of them likely can pass through the placenta. Also, it affects your physiology (vasoconstriction, increased blood pressure) which in turn can affect the baby's environment.
I think the stress thing is true.
I will say that while there is zero drama in my life, I DO tend to do too much (I had very long days thurs, fri, and sat, and ended up with severe edema on sat, sun, and mon... I can't help but think that physical stress and doing too much at 35 weeks was to blame.)
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angnick
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
my mom always says this to me: you cant get upset, it is not good for you or the baby.
i am trying to listen to her!
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| Posted 8/27/08 1:45 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
Posted by angnick
my mom always says this to me: you cant get upset, it is not good for you or the baby.
i am trying to listen to her!
she totally sounds like my mom...
My mom yelled at my DH last night to stop making me upset
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bonitachyc
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
totally true...i watched the national geographic dvd "in the womb" and they explained it...it made alot of sense and makes me think twice about getting easily aggravated/stressed/upset...
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MarisaK
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
It's much easier to avoid PHYSICAL stress rather than emotional stress -
it's called LIFE - The baby will be fine if you have a few meltdowns here and there ........bottling it up and trying to act as if nothing is wrong IMO is WORSE for your body -
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| Posted 8/27/08 1:58 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
No, I don't believe in this. Like you said, there are women who have gone through much more traumatic things (like the many pregnant women who lost their husbands in 9/11) and went on to have perfectly healthy babies.
We all have our moments of stress, there is no way to avoid it. Maybe it could be stressful for the baby if you were in a constant state of stress to the point of needing medication your entire pregnancy, but I don't think the occasional stress will do anything.
I did read an interesting study awhile back that women who were under more stress created an environment in the womb that lead to more allergies in the baby.
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computergirl
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I don't believe in it at all. I'd like to meet the woman who went through 9 months without any emotional/stressful times. Please.
That said, I think there are times when stress could have SOME sort of impact. Like a person with a chronic anxiety disorder. I'm just imagining here, but I'm thinking the constant uncontrolled stress their disorder creates could maybe raise their blood pressure, interfere with their eating habits, cause lack of sleep, etc.
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| Posted 8/27/08 2:15 PM |
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Violet
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I was just thinking about this! I am completely stressed out at work lately and know that it will get worse as our busy season is starting soon.
Luckily, DH and I leave for Aruba on Friday for a week. I hope I come back renewed 
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| Posted 8/27/08 2:34 PM |
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DeniseMarie
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
i had some bad luck towards the end of my pregnancy and my Dr said stress/adrenaline does not get passed to the baby
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wannabemom
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
Posted by computergirl
I don't believe in it at all. I'd like to meet the woman who went through 9 months without any emotional/stressful times. Please.
I don't think that's really the point to that. of course we can endure a lot when extreme circumstances arise... but just becuase people endure and not all outcomes are negative does not mean those situations cause no ill effects at all to anyone.
I believe the point is to not let a moron who's cutting you off on the road get the better of you... you know, the little BS that sometimes takes over in life when it shouldn't. Of course we can't avoid tragedies... we can only deal with them the best we can.
Truly, these things DO affect people physiologically. chronic stress lowers immune function, constricts blood flow, causes gastric issues.... all of these things, along with the direct passage of stress hormones to the baby, could potentially affect things.
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| Posted 8/27/08 2:49 PM |
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wannabemom
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
OK, I realized that there's no need for speculation in this thread... I just looked it up on pubmed (becuase I'm a pharmacology geek and now I need to know the specifics!)...
85% of maternal cortisol is broken down by the placenta... so the remaining 15% enters the fetus. Since there is less cortisol normally in a fetus, this 15% supply ends up providing 35% of all fetal cortisol. so if mom has a spike, baby will have a spike of cortisol too!
As for the other 'stress hormone' (norepinephrine).... high maternal levels in norepinephrine causes significant decreased blood flow to the placenta. It has also been shown to reduce fetal heart rate a bit.
Elevated norepinephrine and cortisol levels have been shown to occassionally cause increased fetal activity, delays in fetal growth, and can result in premature birth. The babies frequently will also have elevated cortisol and norepinephrine levels.....
so yeah, there are definite effects. how these data translate to the real world when social situations and people's lives are mixed into cold physiology is much less clear... but the potential for effects seem to be there.
HTH!
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MrsRivera
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I totally believe this. Especially since I've been having the really bad back pain--I try not to let it get me too down. It's REALLY hard.
The whole reason I need to be on painkillers is because my OB says that the fetus can deal with them much better than the extreme stress I've been under.
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lkrpaul
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
Posted by bonitachyc
totally true...i watched the national geographic dvd "in the womb" and they explained it...it made alot of sense and makes me think twice about getting easily aggravated/stressed/upset...
 Now I'm getting worried... I've tried to relax about the little things. But I'm also trying not to stress about BEING stressed. I would say as long as you try to take it easy and not get worked up over the little things (like an *** cutting you off on the highway) then it's fine. There's only so much you can do! You're bound to get stressed a couple times in 9 months.
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
I hope that's not true b/c I am a very uptight person. I really hope it doesn't have an effect on  in the womb.
I will say, with certainty, that once they are born, if you are stressed out on a regular basis it will definitely effect them. I'm going to make a concious effort over the next 8 months to modify my stressing out and overall behavior.
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wannabemom
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Re: Stress on you/Stress on the baby?
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Posted by bonitachyc
totally true...i watched the national geographic dvd "in the womb" and they explained it...it made alot of sense and makes me think twice about getting easily aggravated/stressed/upset...
Now I'm getting worried... I've tried to relax about the little things. But I'm also trying not to stress about BEING stressed. I would say as long as you try to take it easy and not get worked up over the little things (like an *** cutting you off on the highway) then it's fine. There's only so much you can do! You're bound to get stressed a couple times in 9 months.
don't worry! it's really about constant stress lasting months... like the severe pain example. I think the social things that would really impart such problems that you would need medical intervension would be something extreme.... along the lines of mental/domestic abuse or severe arguments (that are leading to divorce, for example). It's really when you're in a constant state of rage, anxiety, pain, or fear.
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