Tumusiime revealed that the pain and mental stress became so overwhelming that she even “failed to realize what a blessing the pregnancy was supposed to be". This landed her in the hospital and a six-month bed rest.
“If you have been on my channel you know that the first pregnancy did not treat me well; the second one did not spare me as well. I had so many bad days, there were days when I would just wake up and cry. Eventually, in my pregnancy, I got sicker and had to be in hospital and there found out that I was having twins," she recounted.
Antenatal stress impact on infant crying
Excessive crying in infants is often linked to conditions like colic pain, but very rarely to the mother's antenatal experience.
According to research published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics, stress and emotional problems during pregnancy are linked to excessive infant crying among other adverse health outcomes of the child at birth and later in life.
The study included 8266 pregnant women and a follow-up sample of 4976 women and their 3- to 6-month-old babies was examined.
High-risk factors
Researchers found that depressive symptoms, pregnancy-related anxiety, parenting stress, and job strain during pregnancy were all univariately and multivariately associated with excessive infant crying.
For example, it was found that women with three or four of the mentioned antenatal risks were more likely to have an infant who cries excessively than women with no antenatal risks.
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Women with multiple antenatal risk factors like the ones Tumusiime revealed about her pregnancy carry a high risk of impacting their child especially when it comes to excessive crying in infancy.