Depression during pregnancy might harm baby, study says

Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Being depressed during pregnancy might be bad for the baby, a study suggests. Expectant mothers with symptoms of severe depression are more than twice as likely to give birth prematurely as those with no signs of depression, according to the study, published Thursday in the journal Human Reproduction.

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