Study Women who experienced higher levels of trauma gave birth to significantly smaller male babies

[MyPTSD]

Researchers have found significantly lower birth weights in male infants -- an average decrease of 38 grams, or approximately 1.3 ounces -- born to women who had been exposed to trauma at some point in their lives and who secreted higher levels of cortisol, a hormone related to stress, in late pregnancy.

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[Friday]

1.3 ounces???

FFS. My son was 10lbs when he was born. That’s 160 ounces. Gee. Yeah. I should thank my lucky stars he wasn’t 161.3 ounces. That might’ve hurt. :rolleyes:

Statistically Significant vs Real World Significance.

 

[mumstheword]

Mine varied. Smallest one was 5lb.10 oz (my 2nd born and the son on the spectrum, also deemed a "failure to thrive" baby), largest one was 11lb 13 oz (my youngest, he's now already 6 ft and only 12).

 

[shimmerz]

1. 6.1
2. 6.3
3. 6.11

All small. All boys.

This was prior to knowing I had been traumatized at all. I, and my unborn children went through hell during their entire pregnancies and during nursing. Rarely have I been that sick.

My trauma started in the womb. Now that I recognize what trauma feels like, yes, I and my children were absolutely affected by my trauma through their gestation.