Having already emailed my greetings, I will add some fuel to the fire if I may. From my blog:

Preconception Period

As hard-to-believe as it may seem at first, things that occurred long before one’s birth can directly impact the endocrine system. One’s mother’s experiences before she became pregnant affect the offspring in a manner similar to that experienced during gestation, but once removed. This can occur when the original happenstance has sufficient impact as to indirectly result in a higher level of stress hormones than would have otherwise been observed. A similar but even more diffuse effect can be observed in the various aspects of life that affect maternal stress response such as social support, economic status, family and spousal support, etc.

…preconceptual stress to the dam, even well before pregnancy, influences affective and social behavior in her adult offspring, depending on how long before conception it occurred, the behavior tested, and sex. Leshem 2009