Let's prove this dickhead wrong...what achievements did you manage during pregnancy?

[MrsThierryHenry]

Theo Paphitis from Dragon's Den claims that pregnant women's brains 'turn to mush': here. Unless this is just journalistic licence, this man is clearly turning hearsay into fact.

The facts appear to be that the brain does shrink during pregnancy, which can impair intellectual function and possibly even cause PND. But this doesn't necessarily happen if you add extra fatty acids to your diet. I know of women who achieved great things before and after having a baby, what about you?

I'll start: I won an industry competition when 6 months' pregnant and was selected as one of my industry's 'bright young things'.

ouch sheiky!

i sat on my arse as soon as i developed the spd - count myself v lucky, i am in awe of you!

DS1 - managing to stay with DP (was a horrid first yr together! but ok now )

DD - managing to keep it together after finding out my dad was seriously ill

DS2 - being able to have him

DS3 - my dad was very bad at this point and died 9 days after having DS3, so being able to cope with that, a newborn and arranging his funeral by myself, and DP, as siblings not here to and stepmum was grieving

DC5 - i'm currently learning to drive and will hopefully pass before this baby is born

...but tbh i think that just having my children here and healthy is the greatest achievement ever - i don't really care if idiots like him think differently i just hope his children don't inherit his opinions

I'd like to put the record straight as my message yesterday was a bit wrong.

Marathonmum did the marathon in 3 hours 10 mins while pregnant with DC3 (DS2 was all of 7 months old).

And she was fueled by chunky kitkats if I remember correctly .
I'd like to say that I finished just slightly ahead of her but it would be a HUGE fib!!

I filmed a tv drama at 7 months pg playing someone infertile, and I had to do starjumps! Plus I ate my weight in cheerios. Thats what you call determination!!