WOMEN who are particularly anxious about their pregnancy may be at increased risk of premature delivery, a new US study suggests. Researchers found that among 1820 pregnant women, those with the greatest concerns about their pregnancy were nearly three times more likely than those with the least anxiety to deliver prematurely. For the current study, researchers looked specifically at women’s worries related to their pregnancy - including anxiety over labour and delivery, and worries about early pregnancy problems like bleeding and nausea. For their study, the researchers had 1820 women complete a questionnaire on pregnancy worries during their first visit for prenatal care. The women were asked whether they were anxious about labour and delivery, the health of the baby, nausea, and pain or bleeding during early pregnancy. This remained true when the researchers considered factors that could both fuel women’s anxiety and raise the risk of preterm birth - such as a history of problems in past pregnancies, or health problems during the current pregnancy. read more
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