Pregnant people who had bigger fluctuations in stress from one moment to the next-;also called lability-;had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at three months old than mothers with less stress variability, reports a new Northwestern University study that examined how a child's developmental trajectory begins even before birth.
Pregnant people who had bigger fluctuations in stress from one moment to the next also called lability had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at three months old than mothers with less stress variability, reports a new Northwestern University study.