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The article does not specify what type of anxiety the woman must experience in order to have her child at risk. However, the textbook gives a wide range of different types that the woman might go through and all might hold an importance for the health of both the mother and child. Although the textbook does not focus on the study of pregnancy specifically, it does cover how to reduce stress. This can be helpful to those mothers who need to cope with a situation that is too hard to handle or simply when she starts to build up anxiety. Chapter 12 “Health, Stress and Coping” can broaden our knowledge on this.
The article requests that pregnant women should take approaches in reducing their stress levels to reduce the amount of anxiety they experience. In the textbook stress coping is referred to different types of behavior strategies that will help reduce stress levels and further help us when we need to cope with certain situations. The article does not go into depth about how to reduce stress levels nor which exercises to perform. However, the textbook provides some information about what exercises women can