Pregnant women with depressive and anxiety symptoms read, talk, and sing less to their fetuses

- Pregnant women with depression and/or anxiety (i.e., mood-affected) sing less to their unborn fetuses.
- Pregnant mood-affected women show a trend of reading less to their unborn fetuses.
- Pregnant mood-affected mothers report less rubbing of their abdomen and playing less music to their fetuses than non-mood affected pregnant women.
- Less vocalizations and sensorial stimulation directed toward their fetuses by pregnant mood-affected mothers may place fetuses at a disadvantage.