Stressed Pregnant Women More Likely to Have Asthmatic Children

Most women cherish their moment of being pregnant.billion, including millions of children suffer from asthma.
They weave wonderful dreams for the tiny souls thatAccording to the research, it was found that pregnant
are coming to life within them. This is the time to lovewomen experiencing stress have as high as 65%
yourselves and pamper yourselves as your thinkingchances to have children who are at the risk of
and behavior will have a direct influence on the child.developing asthma. It was also found that the anxiety
However, at this stage some women often go throughof the expecting mother has an adverse effect in the
the worst phase of their life. There are varied reasonsfuture health of the child. Researchers have tried to link
for different people. Some are disturbed by the mythstheir findings to hormone which affects the immune
that people tell them about pregnancy.system.
These tales that old women have to share oftenThey have also noted the fact that pregnant women
makes some space in the mind which penetrateswho experienced stress at the later stage of their
deep into our soul, making one feel all the morepregnancy have higher risk of mothering asthmatic
restless, anxious and totally stressed out. Thesechildren, as compared to those who were anxious at
anxieties, restlessness often have a negative effectthe early stages. Thus quoting Dr Raquel Granell, there
on the child. Recent studies have shown that thoseis a fair connection between maternal stress and
women who have experienced a high level of stresspediatric asthma. The study was conducted on more
during pregnancy are more likely to have children whothan 5800 youngsters and their parents. Among those
are at greater risk for developing asthma.tested it was found that 13% of the children suffered
According to statistics reports, in Britain more than 5from asthma.