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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

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Pregnancy brain

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BIBIBOO · 20/05/2004 09:15

Does your brain (or the memory part anyway) shrink during pg? I hunted the office high and low yesterday for my car keys, checking every desk I'd visited through the day, the filing cupboards, the jacket pockets of all the coats I could lay my hands on ... only to find them in the tea cupboard, amongst the mugs and spoons.
I don't even remember making tea yesterday.

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BIBIBOO · 23/05/2004 15:55

I am brainer than ever and, more importantly, beat DH yet again! Woo hoo! I got a whopping 136 (she said, modestly... )and am very pleased with myself and my baby for not making me as stupid as I think.

Just had paranoid thought though, DH marked my test - what if he gave me a false high score to boost my confidence so I wouldn't go into sobbing fits that I'm even more stupid that I thought? Oh dear ...

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Bronze · 23/05/2004 17:25

I'm back up again but not as good as I was. I got 132 which I'm quite chuffed with really.
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blossomgirl · 23/05/2004 22:05

oh this thread is so comforting. I'm a proper dippy minute at the mo too, left my pee sample under my chair in the waiting room at the ante-natal wotsit last week. No one had noticed and a few people waiting seemed to take comfort in me having to explain 'um I think thats mine' when I went back to fish it out. Well they seemed to smile knowingly.

Thing is, i noticed then, and was wondering if anyone else is actually enjoying being a bit daft? I can honestly say this is a nice break from being out in front, taking charge etc.

The man seems to think i'm getting a bit dangerous on my push bike, but there is soo much to look at these days.

I only wish I could forget how to open the jar of honey, but maybe thats instinct?

Levanna · 23/05/2004 23:31

What is it about fridges?! Glad to see I'm not the only one who's fridge seems to hide stuff from me. (I know I've helped it now and again! It's just everytime I try to remember where something is meant to go, brain shuts down, and hand reaches for fridge door ).
My midwife wrote in bold caps on my appointment card to bring a urine sample AND my notes to my next appointment, as at 26 weeks, I've yet to make it to an appointment with both!
Funny blossomgirl, what you say about enjoying being a bit dippy - I'm quite enjoying regularly 'forgetting' to do things such as washing up, hoovering, laundry - that kind of thing .

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BIBIBOO · 24/05/2004 08:46

MIL has a theory about dippyness which I am more than happy to adopt - when you are pg, you are susceptible to being taken in by "shape-changers". Objects you spend hours looking for only to find they were in the first place you looked were actually shape-changing to confuse you. So next time I can't find my car keys, yet go on to find they were in my hand all along, I can be assured they were actually hiding from me under the guise of sunglasses, an apple, or whatever. I like it.

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Celou · 24/05/2004 09:19

Cool theory!!
I don't know if I enjoy it as I've also become clumsy. I slipped all the way down the stairs at 23 weeks (I'm now 33), and really hurt my back/bum. Good job my bump wasn't affected but I had pains in my stomach so I phoned the doctor in tears and he sent an ambulance to transport me to the maternity where they listened to baby's heart and gave me a scan. Thankfully everything was alright but I bruised my kidneys and I had bad carpet burns and couldn't walk for a few days.
DH put a big sign at the top of the stairs saying "BE CAREFUL ON THE STAIRS". All our guests think it's meant for them and they all think we're very considerate. Or that our stairs are a health hazard!!!
I'm extra careful now (needless to say).

beansprout · 24/05/2004 09:40

Celou I am getting clumsy too and stairs are becoming problematic for me. Haven't had to actually concentrate to go up and down them before, but hey...

Celou · 24/05/2004 11:03

Ah ah ah!!! Yeah that's the word "concentrate", I feel like an old person, and DH is always checking when he sees me going up and down the stairs.
I quite often drop things as well. Or trip over nothing.

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BIBIBOO · 24/05/2004 11:21

I am leaving living room window open most days when I go to work (although, not such a big problem as DH makes out as we have an upside-down house, and potential burglar would have to be about 40ft tall!) He's also checking irons, hair straighteners etc after I've used them in case I've left them on (I haven't - yet!)
I think he's the one with the pregnancy paranoia!

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beansprout · 24/05/2004 11:32

Ah yes, tripping over things that aren't there - that's a good one too. Perhaps we are simply readjusting to our newly shrunk feet?

Isn't it actually about our centres of gravity changing or something? Not great for a girl's ego to be so big that the laws of physics actually start to apply differently!

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BIBIBOO · 24/05/2004 13:53

Us pregnant ladies don't have it easy do we? We imagine obstacles, forget where "real" objects are or what we were doing with them, have life-changing body developments, mad hormones and the strange belly-touchers we meet in the street. I think there should be a fund we can claim from to help us along our way - to buy some nice clothes, stock pile chocolate and pay for regular relaxation sessions at a spa... who do I campaign to?

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