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Little White Box is one of the new additions to Woodbridge s Thoroughfare
- Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND
The past year has seen many changes in Suffolk towns - and nowhere is that more true than in Woodbridge.
The riverside town is well-known for its independent businesses and, between lockdowns, new ventures have sprung up in the town.
Teresa Potts of Theatre Street Antiques
- Credit: Ella Wilkinson
Teresa Potts runs Theatre Street Antiques, which opened for the first time in April. She said it has been a fantastic start for her business. Things have been incredible and very overwhelming, she said.
Little White Box is one of the new additions to Woodbridge s Thoroughfare
- Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND
The past year has seen many changes in Suffolk towns - and nowhere is that more true than in Woodbridge.
The riverside town is well-known for its independent businesses and, between lockdowns, new ventures have sprung up in the town.
Teresa Potts of Theatre Street Antiques
- Credit: Ella Wilkinson
Teresa Potts runs Theatre Street Antiques, which opened for the first time in April. She said it has been a fantastic start for her business. Things have been incredible and very overwhelming, she said.
A&M research finds stress in pregnant women can hijack their body s normal adaption to pregnancy
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COLLEGE STATION, TX â Texas A&M research finds, stress in pregnant women can hijack their normal adaptation to pregnancy.
Early outcomes show evidence that while the maternal brain reorganizes to prepare for pregnancy, stress can make the brain more reactive to neutral stimuli.
And cause anxiety to become generalized.
Even after giving birth.
The study also found that strong social support can reverse the effects of stress. If mom had the perception that she had an adequate social support network, her neural functioning to those emotional relative to neutral pictures just looked exactly how we expected it to look, it looked the same as women who are not pregnant, looked the same probably as how yours or mine would look, shared Rebecca Brooker, associate professor at Texas A&M.
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Pregnant women s brains show troubling signs of stress - but feeling strong social support can break those patterns
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May 12, 2021
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(THE CONVERSATION) Even before the pandemic, there was plenty for expectant mothers to worry about. Pregnant women must withstand a barrage of arguably well-intentioned, but often hyperbolic, warnings about their health and what’s to come, including concerns about everything from what to eat, to what to wear, to how to feel. Health professionals know that mothers-to-be experience predictable increases in anxiety levels before infants are born. Maternal mental health has been steadily deteriorating in the U.S., particularly among poor and minority women.