Contemporary OB/GYN’s Post

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Yeah. So in an effort to try to understand which maternal fetal health factors during pregnancy are important to predicting risk for infant mental health concerns, we followed a cohort of 310 expecting mothers during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of their pregnancy. So we collected detailed information about those pregnancies, including dietary information, information about their body composition and we also collected. Blood samples from them so we could look at their insulin sensitivity. And then when the infants were born, we assess those infants for something called negative affect, which is essentially this temperament trait that reflects risk for future future mental health concerns like ADHD, anxiety and depression.