Pregnant Women, Do not Watch Horror Movies!

Emotional changes experienced by pregnant women will have an effect on her fetus. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid stress because stress CAN inhibits oxygen intake to the fetus. A relaxed mind will create a comfortable pregnancy and fetal health.

The experts recommend that pregnant women avoid things that can cause stress. One of the things that need to be avoided is a suspenseful movie. This is because the fetus can feel the strong emotions felt by his mother.

In a research note, while mothers watch a fun movie, like The Sound of Music, the fetus will also be calm and happy. Meanwhile, when the mother watching horror movies or movies that drain the tears, the fetus involved was silent and weaker as the mother's emotional turmoil.

Although not yet known how the fetus is able to identify differences in mother's emotions, but experts suspect that hormonal changes triggered by the emotions generated by the film will be transmitted indirectly to the fetus.

In that study, 10 pregnant women were asked to watch a different movie genre piece, namely the film The Sound of Music and drain the tear film, The Champ. Then the experts to monitor the fetal movements performed while their mothers watch such films using ultrasound scanning.

Various literature has mentioned pregnant women who suffer from stress at high risk for preterm delivery. Babies born to mothers who have high levels of stress are also known to lower intelligence, hyperactivity and tend to emotional problems.