Background & Aim: The issue of children's mental health has been attracting widespread attention in recent years and the issue of parent-child mental health is particularly important. To investigate the effect of maternal anxiety on pregnancy outcome and also infants' mental health were the main purposes of this article.

Methods & Materials: In this comparative study, a total of 40 pregnant women were selected using random sampling method from Imam Khomeini hospital. First, The women completed the Ketel anxiety questionnaire during the third trimester of their pregnancies. Based on the results, 20 women were allocated in the anxious mothers' group and the other 20 women were allocated in the calm mothers' group. Then, birth indicators were measured in both groups at the time of birth. Finally, infants' mental health indicators were measured using infants mental health measurement scale three months later. Data were analyzed using descriptive- inferential statistics (Chi-square and t-test) in SPSS.

Results: The results showed that there were significant differences in anthropometric indexes between two groups (P<0.001). The rate of vaginal delivery was more in calm mothers than in the vexatious ones. Most of the calm mothers stated that they had wanted pregnancies. Mental health of the calm mothers' newborns were significantly higher than the mental health of the other group's newborns (P<0.001).

Conclusion: These findings illustrated that maternal mental status could affect pregnancy outcomes at birth and infants' mental health third months after birth.

Background & Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationships between iron and copper levels in maternal and cord serums together and with pregnancy outcomes.

Methods & Materials: An Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among 370 pregnant women in labor and their neonates in Maryam, Akbarabadi and Imam hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Copper concentrations were measured using the standard atomic absorption spectrophotometer method and Iron concentrations were measured by a kit through RA 1000 method. Data were collected using a questionnaire and were analyzed using Spearman correlation, Chi- square and Logistic regression tests.

Results: The mean copper concentrations in the maternal and cord bloods at delivery were 114.52±37.4, 22.4±11.6 (μg/dl), respectively. The Iron levels were 119.2±64, 164.3±65.3 (μg/dl), respectively. Of all the mothers, 54.3% had copper deficiency, 1.1% Iron deficiency and of all the newborns, 44.7% had copper deficiency and 3.5% Iron deficiency. The Spearman Correlation analysis showed significant positive correlations between concentrations of each element in maternal serum with cord serum and also between maternal iron with maternal copper, and maternal iron with cord copper. The Chi-square analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between maternal copper deficiency and gestational hypertension (P<0.001). There were no significant relationships between these trace element levels at delivery with premature rupture of membranes and preterm labor. Logistic regression analysis showed a significant negative relationship between maternal copper levels and gestational hypertension (odds: 0.98, 95%CI: 0.97-0.99).

Conclusion: Maternal copper deficiency was rather high in the participants of the study (54.3%), and was related to incidence of gestational hypertension. These findings illustrated importance of trace elements during pregnancy. Providing suitable dietary recommendations and giving supplements during pregnancy can help to decrease maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.