Study The affect long-commutes have on pregnant women

Study The affect long-commutes have on pregnant womenStudy The affect long-commutes have on pregnant womenFor most, long, miserable commutes are unavoidable. Ostensibly, the worst of it relates to the careful balance of trying to be productive while attempting to deflect a throng of misplaced elbows and briefcases. However new data published in the Journal of Economics and Human Biology submits more serious consequences of our daily shuttles, specifically for pregnant women.In fact, the researchers behind the empirical study are the very first to examine the impact of long-distance commutes during pregnancy, finding that the daily amount of maternal stress that is married to so many Americans treks to work, can adversely affect birth health outcomes.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe shocking impact on appointment frequencyThe research comes courtesy of the dual efforts of Lehi gh University and The University of Wisconsin-Madison. They began with a sample of women that reported an average work commute distance of 64 miles a day, which worked out to about 74 minutes by car, (though it should be noted that the results pertained primarily to distance as opposed to the time it takes to transverse said distance.) The Census defines a long distance commute as at least 50 miles in other words, more than 10 miles less than the average distance reported by the studys participants.Moreover, despite medical professionals recommending pregnant women get their first checkup under eight weeks, the majority of the pool of women in the new study reported that they didnt get their first checkup until eleven weeks. Fifteen percent of the participants didnt get a checkup until after their first trimester and 4% either didnt get one until after their third trimester, or they didnt get one at all. This is important because long-distance commutes were found to influence both b irth health outcomes and the number of prenatal visits. Adding 10 miles to a long-distance commute was associated with a 2.5% reduction in the number of prenatal appointments.The specific birth health outcomesMore grimly, an increasing distance of already long commutes by 10 miles was revealed to increase the likelihood of low-birth-weight by 0.9 percentage points and intrauterine growth restriction by 0.6 percentage points. Intrauterine growth is when an unborn baby grows slower than the normal rate inside the womb.Participants that bore male children were additionally found to increase their likelihood of getting a C-section due to their long commutes.The study concludes, In addition to the maternal stress induced by long commutes being one potential biological mechanism, we find suggestive evidence showing that maternal long commutes during pregnancy are also associated with under-utilization of prenatal care.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will ersatzdarsteller your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people