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Health Check: can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?

  • Written by: Monique Robinson, Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia
imageWomen are vigilant about avoiding alcohol and smoking during pregnancy, but what about stress?Camila Cordeiro/Unsplash

Most pregnant women are aware of the advice to quit smoking, avoid alcohol, and wholeheartedly fear soft cheese in all its forms, but we hear very little official public health advice about stress during pregnancy.

Yet we know that...

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