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EP. 46: The Perfect Storm in Pregnancy: How Prenatal Stress Programs Your Baby’s Nervous System
If you're scrolling at 2 AM with a crying baby or pregnant and feeling anxious, this episode changes everything. What most parents never hear: the modern pregnancy experience—constant monitoring, testing, fear-based messaging, disempowerment—creates chronic stress that doesn't just affect you. It directly programs your baby's developing nervous system.
In this episode of Motherhood Aligned and Assigned, Dr. Serena Coffman and Dr. Veronica Schiltz compare great-grandmothers (4-5 prenatal visits) to today (12-15 visits, multiple ultrasounds, high-risk labels). A 2017 study found babies born to…
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