1 A woman will not necessarily experience the same symptoms in the same way in subsequent pregnancies as with her first pregnancy. 2  Certain symptoms, like absence of menstruation and weight gain, are common to all pregnancies. 3  Other possible symptoms of early pregnancy include.  mood changes,
Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels also increase risk for depression, mental illness, and lower life expectancy. This week, two separate studies were published in Science linking elevated cortisol levels as a potential trigger for mental illness and decreased resilienceâespecially in adolescence.
Too much or too little of anything can create problems. The same is true of cortisol, the stress hormone our adrenal glands produce. If you read my article Six Tips to Reduce the Stress Hormone, Cortisol, you know the health problems that result from keeping your body in a state of elevated cortisol.