Pregnant women who commute 50 miles or more are at risk for adverse birth outcomes, a new study suggests.
Pregnant women who commute long distances to work every day risk having babies born premature and underweight, according to a new study published in Economics & Human Biology.
So the team analyzed New Jersey birth records between 2014 and 2015, as Garden State workers have some of the longest commutes in the country , according to the Census Bureau, compared to the average American’s 26.6-minute trip to the office. The researchers looked at the birth records for New Jersey women who traveled between 50 and 100 miles to their jobs each day, which they deduced by measuring the distance between the mothers’ home addresses and their places of employment.
The researchers suggested that the chronic stress stemming from the long commute could be affecting the developing fetus. Previous studies have shown that maternal stress during pregnancy can lead to preterm birth, low birth weight and birth defects, and longer commutes are associated with more stress.
But the new report also found many of the pregnant women who were long-distance commuters went to fewer prenatal doctor appointments; perhaps because they didn’t have time after working and commuting all day to go for regular checkups. For those making a 50-mile or more schlep to work, every 10-mile increase in travel distance was associated with a 2.5% decrease in the number of prenatal visits.
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