IF YOU are pregnant, think twice before taking on an extra project at work. Severe stress, even in the short term, may almost double the risk of having a stillbirth – although stillbirths are rare.
Stress has been linked to premature birth, high blood pressure and other health problems associated with stillbirths. Now Kirsten Wisborg from the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and colleagues have shown that stress increases the risk even when women don’t have these problems. “We don’t yet know for sure whether stress may directly cause stillbirth, but our results are enough for doctors and midwives to be…
