Stress in pregnancy & leukemia?

[alicemama]

Saw an old friend for the 1st timw in ages last night. Her dd is the same age as my dd1 and enjoyed our pregnancies together.
Sad to say her dd now has a very rare form of leukemia and in & out of hospital and has very slim chances
I know that during her pg her dh had a lengthy affair which obviously put her under a huge amount of stress.
I know I cannot directly say that his afffair has caused his dd's illness but do you think that a pg woman under such stress can have a bearing upon the child's longterm health

Dh has leukemia

He is one of the most stress free people I have even met.

I am unaware of any studies that show a link between stress and leukemia (or any other form of cancer for that matter)

I don't think that it is helpful in any way to link these two things together....the poor woman has enough grief to cope with as it is, without blaming herself for being stressed or her dh for causing the stress.

Sorry, but utter cobblers afaic.

No .. I don't

not the slightest doubt in my mind

But I would bet millions that the mother is taking on all the guilt and feeling responsible for it .. and a friends role would be to tell them time and time again that it isn't their fault .. because .. quite simply IT ISN'T

In fact the more I think about it the more angry I am getting that anyone could presume any such link .. its a damaging supposition .. and downright cruel

no no no.

i n fact that would mean that my dd2+3 have increased risk of long term health problems