Verbal First Aid: Help Your Kids Heal From Fear and Pain—And Come Out Strong by Judith Simon Prager.
In Judith Simon Prager's latest book, , she includes material on "prenatal babies" and "premature babies and other infants." She and co-author Judith Acosta discuss research indicating that they are conscious and listening in utero, and that the mother's stress during pregnancy "can manifest in an increased chance of premature birth, reduced birth weight of the baby, reduced motor maturity in infants, sleep disorders in toddlers, unconscious coping and survival skills such as hypervigilance and hyper-reactivity, deficits in regulatory control of behavior during childhood, and psychiatric disorders in adulthood."
