7 articles from our doctors on pregnancy & nervous system health, newest first.
Preeclampsia gets explained through the placenta and blood pressure. Less gets said about why the body responds this way, and that piece runs through the nervous system's ability to adapt.
Blood pressure, blood sugar, growth scans. Your prenatal checklist covers a lot, but one system running the whole show rarely makes the list at all.
Your baby is gaining weight, hitting milestones, and gets a clean bill of health at every visit. So why does something still feel a little off? Standard checkups aren't built to catch this.
You've been told to relax during pregnancy more times than you can count, but there was never a way to know if your body was actually listening. Heart rate variability gives a real, measurable window into that question.
Out of everything on the pregnancy checklist, one item rarely makes the list at all: your own nervous system. Here is why it may matter more than almost anything else on it.
Your stress during pregnancy is not just something you feel. It crosses the umbilical cord as a real chemical signal shaping your baby's developing nervous system before birth.
Two lines on a test are the beginning of a nervous system that will run everything else. Here is what actually builds first, week by week, and why mom's stress load matters so early.
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