New research was released today indicating that children born to mothers with persistent depression or anxiety have an increased risk of developing asthma.
According to U.S. News & World Report, "Canadian researchers report a 25 percent increase in the odds of asthma for children who are exposed to maternal distress from birth to age 7. No such association was found for short-lasting maternal distress, such as postpartum depression." (note: the highlights are mine)
Since so many media outlets were reporting the association between maternal depression and childhood asthma today, I wanted to make sure all of you saw the sentence I highlighted stating that this does not hold true for postpartum depression. Y’all don’t need anything extra to be worrying about!
