Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Postpartum

Impact on Maternal Health and Fetal Development
Herausgegeben:Caparros-Gonzalez, Rafael A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin; Springer
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 89528625
• Seitenzahl: 333
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• ISBN-13: 9783032092441
• ISBN-10: 3032092442
• Artikelnr.: 75455923

Autorenporträt

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 Fetal Programming: Growth and Development before Birth.

Inhaltsangabe

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.