New research was released today indicating that children born to mothers with persistent depression or anxiety have an increased risk of developing asthma.
According to U.S. News & World Report, "Canadian researchers report a 25 percent increase in the odds of asthma for children who are exposed to maternal distress from birth to age 7. No such association was found for short-lasting maternal distress, such as postpartum depression." (note: the highlights are mine)
Since so many media outlets were reporting the association between maternal depression and childhood asthma today, I wanted to make sure all of you saw the sentence I highlighted stating that this does not hold true for postpartum depression. Y'all don't need anything extra to be worrying about!
New research was released today indicating that children born to mothers with persistent depression or anxiety have an increased risk of developing asthma.
According to U.S. News & World Report, "Canadian researchers report a 25 percent increase in the odds of asthma for children who are exposed to maternal distress from birth to age 7. No such association was found for short-lasting maternal distress, such as postpartum depression." (note: the highlights are mine)
Since so many media outlets were reporting the association between maternal depression and childhood asthma today, I wanted to make sure all of you saw the sentence I highlighted stating that this does not hold true for postpartum depression. Y'all don't need anything extra to be worrying about!