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Adolescent Pregnancy. Adolescent girls who give birth each year have a much higher risk of. dying from maternal causes compared to women in their 20s and 30s. These risks increase greatly as maternal age decreases, with adolescents. under 16 facing four times the risk of maternal death as women over 20.
Who you are and what you're like when you're pregnant will affect who that baby is, says Janet DiPietro, a developmental psychologist at Johns Hopkins University. Women's psychological functioning during pregnancy -- their anxiety level, stress, personality -- ultimately affects the temperament of their babies. It has to ... the baby is awash in all the chemicals produced by the mom..