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There is a life cycle of stress Prenatal Early life Adulthood And so on. Thus, your children will thank you. | .for reducing stress and being a calmer person prior to conceiving and during pregnancy BUT, a moderate amount

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Early life

There is a life cycle of stress……

And so on……. Adulthood Prenatal

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Thus, your children will thank you….

| ….for reducing stress and being a calmer

person prior to conceiving and during pregnancy

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Low High Low High Level of manageable stress experienced during early life Resilience to negative effects of stress in later life

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Moderate

BUT, a moderate amount of manageable stress early in life

leads to the greatest resilience in later life

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‘Stress Inoculation’

| Early intermittent exposure to manageable

stress does not result in vulnerability, but instead enhances stress response regulation and builds resilience

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Resilience

| Process of adapting well in the face of adversity,

trauma, tragedy, threats of harm, or even significant sources of stress

Charney, 2004