Comments on: Pregnancy baby brain lapse ‘a myth’

By: Gemma

Gemma — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:26:55 +0000

Baby Brain, I think I lost my brain while I was pregnant. I couldn’t remember the names to things, asking directions to the toilet was a bit imposible at times !
I even forgot to do a emergency stop during a driving lesson and ended yp pulling over at the side of the road, I had to stop the lessons not long after that,
Experts I wonder how many of you have ever carried a child ?

By: Susie

Susie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:04:09 +0000

I remember friends taking about their “baby brain” and thinking it was an excuse…. until I became pregnant and experienced the horror of rapidly diminishing brain cell activity. Although I do think the chronic sleep deprivation plays a huge part, I think hormones have a lot to answer for too.

By: yzzy

yzzy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:51:59 +0000

LOL Michelle me too!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:46:53 +0000

Before I had children I could read pages of text and recall them visually instantly if prompted. Now I struggle to remember what my signature looks like. Something happened. I’d rather it be preggy brain than dementia!

By: WendyWoo

WendyWoo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:08:21 +0000

I am forever walking into rooms on a mission to get something or do something, and once i get there i can never remember what i am supposed to be doing!

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:28:30 +0000

My memory and concentration has definately diminished since having kids. I can walk into a shop (supermarkets especially) and totally forget what I went in for! I can be talking in mid sentance and then forget what I was saying…worst of all, listening to someones conversation..then having to ask them to repeat what they said as I had forgotten!!! When I was pregnant, I had post it notes all over the house to help me remember stuff!!!….so erm yeah, what was the question again??

By: yzzy

yzzy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:59:00 +0000

Dawn! Shoes under your pillow? ha ha… that beats my milk oddities!

By: Nitnac

Nitnac — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:58:11 +0000

I think any lapse in my brain power can be attributed to having to handle so many more pieces of information and tasks, and, conversely, now I am not “Working” it has got out of the habit of doing certain things. Like I do having trouble with what day it is and what the date is!

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:56:56 +0000

I *used* to be quite intelligent – had an opinion on EVERYTHING – since having the children I seem to be losing brain cells. I seem to remember my brain coming back slightly between my third and fourth pregnancies, but it’s all gone again now!

By: Dawn D

Dawn D — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:55:56 +0000

What a load of baloney those so called ‘experts’ are talking. As a lady who has had similar experiances as Yzzy, I can definatly vouch for preggy brain, it wasn’t as if I had had a simple job before pregnancy either, I was a manager. But I was doing things like putting my shoes under my pillow and icecream in the oven (putting the oven on 190deg for good measure.) Now I certainly wouldn’t have done that before.