Can stress during pregnancy cause autism?

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The mental health of the pregnant parent may be one of the factors leading to the brain differences in a child. Although the traits of autism spectrum disorder don’t appear until the toddler years, the months in utero may set the stage for the interaction between genes and environment.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference that seems to begin before birth.

Maternal mental health could influence whether a child is born autistic, but genes may also play a role. A pregnant person’s physical state may affect the development of the unborn baby. For example, gestational diabetes can increase the chance that a baby may also develop diabetes later in life. This could also apply to mental health and aspects of the baby’s development.

Depression and antidepressants

Some mental health conditions are treated with medications, but when it comes to developmental differences in babies, this isn’t necessarily a factor. A 2018 study — including 194,494 mother-child pairs — revealed that the chance of autism in the children was influenced more by the mother’s depression symptoms during pregnancy than by their use of antidepressants. The study showed that both treated and untreated depression during pregnancy increased the chance of a baby having autism. However, the children of women who used antidepressants for reasons other than to treat depression were not as likely to develop autism. In general, there’s not much evidence that taking antidepressants during pregnancy impacts the baby in any way.

Stress

Depression isn’t the only mental health factor that can influence pregnancy outcomes.

High levels of stress during pregnancy may also be connected to autism in children. This connection appears to have the most impact when the parent experiences stress between weeks 25 and 28 of pregnancy. Research from 2018 indicates that the same connection may be true when it comes to maternal stress levels and the fetus’s brain development.

Abusive partner

In the same line as chronic stress, experiencing abusive behavior from a romantic partner before and during pregnancy has also been connected to a higher chance of autism in children, according to a nurses’ health study from 2016. The study results suggest that when a woman is exposed to partner abuse in the two years before giving birth, including during pregnancy, the baby has a higher chance of developing autism later.

Substance use disorder

Substance use disorder in the parents can also play a role in the development of autism in a child, according to the findings of a 2018 hospital-based study with children between 6 and 14 years of age. The study found that when a fetus was exposed to substances such as opioids and illicit drugs, children were more likely to develop symptoms of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and autism years after birth.

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