Past posts to this blog show evidence that a baby born to a mother who tool Paxil during pregnancy are at risk for heart defects. In addition, a Canadian study has found that a number of women who took Paxil during the last trimester of their pregnancies gave birth to babies that went through withdrawal symptoms. http://citypages.com/databank/23/1141/article10788.asp.

A study investigating the prenatal effects of SSRIs on neurobehavior of newborns found prenatally exposed infants to be hyperactive, tremulous and with behavioral state abnormalities., http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/113/2/368 (Zeskind, P. S., & Stephens, L. E. (2004), Maternal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use during pregnancy and newborn neurobehavior).

Eduard Bercovici’s research indicated that children prenatally exposed to SSRIs scored lower on psychomotor (Bayley Scales of Infant Development test) and lower on the motor quality factors (Bayley Behavioral Rating Scale). You can download the article at www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol11no2/download/bercovici.pdf (Eduard Bercovici, Prenatal and Perinatal Effects of Psychotropic Drugs on Neuro-cognitive Development in the Fetus, Journal On Developmental Disabilities)