Here’s how high stress during pregnancy can impact your child’s health. When a pregnant mother experiences high stress, it doesn’t just affect her—it can have long-term consequences for her child. A major study recently found that stress during pregnancy raises levels of a protein called IL-6 in kids by age 9. High IL-6 is linked to higher risks of depression and anxiety in adolescence. Children exposed to prenatal stress were also found to have higher anxiety by age 16 and more severe depressio