Stressed pregnant women tend to deliver girls, study finds

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Those with anxiety or depression are also at high risk of premature births. FMTNews

NEW YORK: New US research has found that women who experience stress during their pregnancy are more likely to give birth to a girl than a boy and have a higher risk of birth complications.

However, around 17 percent of the women were psychologically stressed and experiencing high levels of depression, anxiety, and perceived stress, and 16 percent were physically stressed, with higher daily blood pressure and greater caloric intake compared with the healthy pregnant women. “Other researchers have seen this pattern after social upheavals, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, after which the relative number of male births decreased,” says study leader Catherine Monk.

The fetuses of physically stressed mothers also had reduced heart rate-movement coupling – which indicates a slower development of the central nervous system development – compared with unstressed mothers.

 

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