A simple trick for pregnant women to reduce stress and improve core function
By Maggie Yount
OptiMYz Magazine - Women’s Wellness
Photo by Alicia Petresc on Unsplash
“After the 1998 Québec ice storm, researchers at the The Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University found, in researching Project Ice Storm, that the stress endured by pregnant mothers during the storm impacted the DNA of their babies which in turn affected their babies’ genetic expression, ie: which genes got turned on or off.
Motherhood has always carried with it a unique kind of stress and pregnancy can be an anxious time, but greatly increased levels of stress are particularly impactful for pregnant mothers and their babies. The human nervous system seeks safety, and our stress responses are designed to keep us safe and alive, but studies like Project Ice Storm show that those nervous system responses to perceived threats affect more than just the pregnant mum.
Luckily there is a simple thing that’s extremely effective for lowering stress, and it’s available to both expecting and postpartum mothers all of the time…”