Posted on 05/07/2019 10:49:26 PM PDT by tired&retired
Exposure to maternal depression during the first months of life may have a lasting negative impact on brain development, suggests a study published Monday in AJP in Advance.
“These findings suggest that the perinatal period, particularly the postnatal period, may be critical for prevention of maternal depressive symptoms in view of the long-term association with child brain development,” wrote Runyu Zou, B.Med., M.P.H., of Erasmus Medical College, the Netherlands, and colleagues.
This relates to Attachment Syndrome issues.
“Some seed falls on the path (wayside) with no soil, some on rocky ground with little soil, and some on soil which contained thorns. In these cases the seed is taken away or fails to produce a crop, but when it falls on good soil it grows, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.”
Parenting and nurturing matter, a ton.
Yes. I was thinking the same, but hard to sort out the effects.
“May have.”
“Suggests.”
My kids never knew I was depressed. Hell, I didn't even know.
My research shows that the greatest influence on a child’s personality development is the period in their mother’s womb. A child in the womb can’t differentiate between their mother’s experiences and emotions and their own.
The influence of gut biome is that great gut flora is often referred to as psychobiotics in psychiastry.
For example, 95% of the 5Htp, the precursor to serotonin is produced in the enterochromaffin like cells in the lining of the upper gastrointestinal tract. This is the “feel good” chemistry as it suppresses negative emotions from surfacing and is the reason for Prozac and other SSRI’s.
While the molecule is too big to cross the blood brain barrier under normal circumstances, stress causes the blood brain barrier to become super permeable.
There are so many “may have,” “suggests,” and other weasel-words in practically every report of a “scientific” “study.” We might as well all go out and play in traffic for all “scientists” know.
That would be an interesting study. Compare how infants develop in various environments. The way this article reads, it could lead to a conclusion that moms need mind-altering meds to cope.
That little phrase...You're a mother forever....so true.
My 55 year old daughter still calls me when the weather is bad to say she arrived safely.
Many potential factots.
Hormone imbalances...
Stress of being a good mother and working..
Single parenting
Bad relationships
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