Growing Babies is a Scientific Documentary programme.

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Growing Babies: War in The Womb

Series 1, episode 1

Laverne Antrobus investigates the theory of foetal-maternal conflict, an idea championed by evolutionary biologist David Haig and controversially believed by some to be blamed for a wide range of behavioural and psychological disorders such as Tourettes, depression and autism. She also meets a scientist who believes he has found the smoking gun of pre-eclampsia - a protein produced by foetal tissue that is capable of remodelling the maternal bloodstream to suit the foetus's goals.