Long Pregnancies Might Lead to Behavioral Problems in KidsS
Joining the long list of factors that may or may not make your
babies come out smarter or dumber or nicer or meaner or gayer or
taller or fatter or fartier: Now it looks like babies that stay
in the womb longer might have a greater chance of behavioral and
emotional problems such as ADHD. So pop 'em out, ladies! Pop
those suckers out ASAP.*  A Dutch study, which examined 5145
children and their parents, has found that post-term babies had
"about twice as likely to have parent-reported symptoms
consistent with ADHD." The study didn't establish any kind of
direct causal relationship, but researchers found a
significantly higher likelihood of neurodevelopmental delays in
children born at 42 weeks or higher.  The study offers several
potential explanations for the correlation:  First, post-term
babies are more likely to be bigger than those born at term and
thus have a greater risk of a lack of oxygen around the time of
delivery. That lack of oxygen has