Summary of Annie Murphy Paul's Origins

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When I was pregnant with my son, I felt a sense of his individual development already underway. I wondered if his personality traits were due to the conditions his parents experienced while in the womb. #2 The field of fetal origins is generating a lot of excitement among scientists. They believe that the prenatal period is where many of the springs of health and well-being are found. #3 The nine months of pregnancy are now the focus of intense interest and excitement, as the fetus is not an inert being but an active and dynamic creature that responds and even adapts to conditions inside and outside its mother’s body. #4 The notion of prenatal influences may conjure up frivolous attempts to enrich the fetus, like playing Mozart through headphones placed on a pregnant belly. But in reality, the nine-month long process of shaping and molding that takes place in the womb is far more consequential than that.