Mom Stress and Depression During Pregnancy Children's Asthma Risk So

Depression, stress and anxiety are best avoided for all people, especially for mothers who are pregnant. The study found that maternal depression and stress during pregnancy are more at risk of having a child born with asthma.

"About 70 percent of mothers said that having high levels of anxiety or depression when they are pregnant and to report their child had been hissing (asthma symptoms) before the age of 5 years," said senior researcher at the Mailman School of Public Health's Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) and author of the study, as reported by Medindia.

understand how the mother's health affects the respiratory health of children is important in developing effective strategies to prevent asthma.

Study participants were 279 women with African-Americans and Hispanics was conducted before, during and after birth. These findings support the growing body of research which states that exposure may influence the risk of children developing asthma.