The daughter of Virata . . . {was} exceedingly afflicted by grief on account of the death of her husband . . . They all feared that the embryo in her womb might be destroyed.The Mahabharata, Book 14, Section LXII( 500 BC)He’s not right. It was grief that caused the boy to be like he is. Wavey was carrying him when Sevenseas Hector went over. Lost her husband. The Shipping News.1993, A. Proulx, p 132 Sentiments that the emotional life of the pregnant woman influences the development of her fetus are ubiquitous and persistent throughout culture and history. More recently, an aggregating body of scientific evidence and ensuing media coverage has moved the notion that the fetus and pregnancy are put in jeopardy by a constellation of maternal indicators of psychological distress, including stress,anxiety, and depression more prominently into academic and public awareness. Most research has been