Will the baby be effected if the pregnant lady was beaten or emotionally down?

Answer 1

If the mother is beaten then you may as well say that the baby has been too, babies die all the time from being beaten inside the womb. There is loads of research on the effect that emotions have on the fetus & evidence has shown that babies can be born stressed & with ongoing problems relating to it.

Answer 2

The baby can be affected if the mother was beaten. Early pregnancies baby can actually die and midway and later in pregnancy baby can be born premature and it can also affect the babys developement. Many studies have been done about stress and depression and the only thing that i have came across was a low birth weight, but nothing major from the emotions most women at some time in pregnancy go through deep emotions just from being pregnant

Answer 3

If a pregnant woman is physically beaten then yes obviously that could affect the baby. Emotionally down, it's hard to be sure though there is some evidence to suggest that stress in the mother can have an affect on testoserone levels which may in term affect the brain development of male babies.

Answer 4

If the mother is physically assaulted, the baby may suffer very badly, brain damage etc, or the baby may die. On the other hand, the baby may suffer no ill effects. As for emotionally, it is really hard to tell - my father died 10 weeks before my sister had her baby and my niece is a delightful, intelligent, happy, emotionally solid child. If you are in a position where you are being physically or emotionally abused, you should seek help.

Answer 5

Good grief! What kind of sick peice of garbage would harm a pregnant woman physically or emotionally? Whoever it is, my heart goes out to you.

Beating--of course, depending on the severity that could SERIOUSLY impact the baby and the mother.

Emotional issues--well, depression can cause physiological symptoms. There is some data to suggest that depression in the mother can impact the developing baby but it is hard to say for sure with so many mitigating variables.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12002098&dopt=Abstract

Answer 6

YES - anytime the mother experiences stress the baby is subject to it

beaten can damage the unborn child! harm or worse! you beat a pregnant women your hitting the child as well !

Emotionally down mothers arent as responcive so the first moths can be tough if the mom is depressed

depression during pregancy can have an effect on the health of the unborn child as well

keep yourself happy and out of harms way please!

Answer 7

Usually babies are quite well protected in the womb unless the woman suffers a direct blow to the stomach. Stress in the mother can cause the baby to be affected. If you're in that situation please get out now. There are orginisations which can help, like womens aid. Feeling depressed is also common in pregnancy and you should see your doctor who may be able to help you. Good luck for the future.

Answer 8

yes very much so. because of being beatin my son came two months early, The placenta detached. And stress on a baby is not good either. I have known people whos babies were very fussy

Answer 9

You the baby will be affected.That's just like beating your own baby.The baby will be emotionally effect.The baby can be born still born meaning dead from the abuse.

Answer 10

yes, especially if she was hit in the stomach. The beating might result in miscarriage of the baby. I encourage her to report the person who beat her