Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Postpartum

Impact on Maternal Health and Fetal Development

Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 352 Seiten

2025
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-09244-1 (ISBN)

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of how maternal psychological stress during pregnancy and postpartum affects both maternal health and fetal development. Drawing on the latest research, it explores how stress-related biomarkers like cortisol can cross the placenta, influencing the child s health from birth through adulthood and even across generations.
Written by leading experts, the 15 chapters examine the biological and psychological mechanisms involved, including the HPA axis and brain-gut axis. Topics include the impact of stress on pregnancy outcomes (e.g., pre-eclampsia, prematurity, low birth weight), neonatal health (e.g., colic, altered gut microbiota), and long-term risks such as autism, ADHD, and cardiovascular disease.
The book also addresses key stressors such as intimate partner violence, war, and economic hardship with a focus on pregnancy-specific stress as particularly harmful.
Essential reading for clinicians, researchers, and students in maternal and neonatal health, this volume also serves as a valuable resource for policymakers and healthcare stakeholders.

Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez holds a position as Associate Professor at University of Granada (Spain) and has published over 70 scientific papers indexed in Journal Citation Report. Previous books include "Fetal Programming: Growth Environment and Prenatal Development" Ed. Anaya (Spanish edition) and "Perinatal Psychology in Health Settings" Ed. Anaya (Spanish Edition) and a chapter entitled "Studying Biomarkers to Assess Perinatal Depression" in "Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking and Latina Women" Ed. Springer.Currently, Dr. Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez is Associate Editor in Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology and lead researcher of a research group Ee12-HYGIA: Care and conditioning factors in health at Instituto de Investigacion Biosanitaria Ibs. GRANADA (Spain).Moreover, Dr. Caparros-Gonzalez leads 3 research projects:1. Principal investigator and Scientific Representative of a funded European Union project named CA22114- Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring: Maximising infant´s Development (TREASURE).2. Principal investigator of a funded European Project named Adverse Birth Experience and Maternal and Child Health (ATHENEA).3. Principal investigator of a National funded project in Spain named Perinatal Psychology and Feta Programming: Growth and Development before Birth.

1. Why studying Maternal Stress is Necessary: An Integrated Introduction to the Book.- 2. From Conception to Delivery: Potential Sources of Maternal Stress.- 3. Maternal Stress during the Postpartum: Why we Cannot Ignore this Period.- 4. Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy and the Postpartum: An Increasing Problem Worldwide.- 5. Psychological Stress, Pregnancy-Specific Stress and Adverse Impact in the Offspring.- 6. Wars as a source of Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Postpartum.- 7. Natural Disasters Can Increase Maternal Stress.- 8. Advancing Knowledge on Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Stress.- 9. Assessment of Biomarkers involved in the transmission of Maternal Psychological Stress through the Placenta to the Fetus.- 10. The Role of the Brain-Gut Axis in Maternal Stress and its Detrimental Consequences.- 11. Oxytocin: The protective Factor Against High Levels of Maternal Stress and its Adverse Consequences.- 12. Partners´ Stress Is Also a Source of Maternal Stress..- 13. Fetal Programming: An Explanation on how Maternal Stress Impacts Future Generations.- 14. Scientific Interventions to Reduce Maternal Stress: Improvement of Maternal and Fetal Outcomes.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2025
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 352 p. 7 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
Schlagworte	Birth outcomes • fetal growth • Fetal Medicine • Fetal programming • Obstetrics • Pregnancy complications • SDG3-related
ISBN-10	3-032-09244-2 / 3032092442
ISBN-13	978-3-032-09244-1 / 9783032092441
Zustand	Neuware