Pregnancy Brain
Have you been feeling forgetful lately? Maybe you were looking for your glasses, while they were on your face? Or you thought you lost your phone so you tried calling it with your phone. Maybe, you even locked yourself in your car. This is called pregnancy brain. Some women experience a complete haze during their pregnancy and don’t really know why. Our dear friend progesterone is acting up again causing this temporary forgetfulness.
Having pregnancy brain can effect your everyday activities. It did in my own experience and some of my girlfriends as well. It was so embarrassing that I couldn’t remember things and found myself getting flustered in a job I once was great at. For so many women, this is the case. Pregnancy brain can have different effects on women from forgetting where you put your glasses to rendering you unable to perform your duties effectively at work.
The upside to this is your mind will return to its original state a few months after giving birth. You will find yourself still having this pregnancy brain after birth, but you have now graduated to new mommy brain. Try and have a sense of humor about the whole thing because otherwise you will get incredibly frustrated. Know it is completely normal and hang in there!