Mind Playing Tricks On Me

I finally got my brain back. I know what you’re probably thinking...”what?!”. I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I finally got my brain back. Pregnancy brain is REAL my friends. I have never felt so dumb in my life. When I tell you I misplaced so many keys, couldn’t remember so many conversations and ultimately had no idea what was going on...I’m not being sarcastic. I’m being so serious. Any of my other moms out there, vouch for me. Did you feel like your brain had been inhabited by marshmallow cream and no matter how many times you consciously tried to remember things, you just couldn’t?

Now I’m not crazy. There is a science behind it. Apparently when you’re pregnant your brain actually shrinks...well the gray matter does. This shrinkage of the gray matter is said to allow a fine tuning of nerve cell connections. These connections aid in social cognition, the ability to figure out what our baby is thinking and feeling. Those little coos and soft (or in my case loud) cries all have a meaning and we can figure it out. All because of...pregnancy brain. 

All in all for 7.5 months I felt like a dummy. Sometimes my brain would be in a complete fog and there was no way to escape it. But it was worth it. Knowing that my brain adjusted itself for the well-being of my child and I is such an interesting thing.