Healio (4/3, Michael) reported, “Mothers who experienced symptoms of depression near the end of their pregnancy were more likely to have children with lowered immunity than mothers without depressive symptoms, according to a study recently published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.” Specifically, the researchers “found that women who had elevated depressive symptoms in their third trimester that later declined had infants with significantly lower mean fecal sIgA concentrations compared with women with few depressive symptoms.” Moreover, “these women were twice as likely to have infants with concentrations of sIgA in the lowest quartile.”
Women Less Likely To Have More Children If They Develop Mental Health Problems Following Delivery Of First Child, Research Indicates. HealthDay (4/3, Priedt) reported “women who develop mental health problems after delivering their first child are much less likely to have more, a Danish study finds.” The researchers found that among women who “developed problems such as depression, anxiety, mania and schizophrenia within six months after” their first live birth, “sixty-nine percent of these women went on to have a second child, compared to 82% of mothers who had no mental health issues after their first live birth.” The findings (3/29) were reported in the journal Human Reproduction.
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— “Maternal depression could lead to lowered immunity in infants, “Erin Michael, Healio, April 3, 2020