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FFS...

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GinIsIn · 17/02/2017 22:33

40+6 and have reached a new low. I have completely lost the ability to spell. Today, words I have misspelled include 'work', 'mobile' and MY OWN NAME. Twice. I have an English degree. Blush

How long after having the baby does your brain start coming back please?!

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Lovelilies · 17/02/2017 22:37

It doesn't. It gets worse, sadly. Sorry!

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GinIsIn · 17/02/2017 22:40

worse?! Sad

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PacificDogwod · 17/02/2017 22:42
Grin

It will be fine lies

Hope your baby makes an appearance soon Thanks

Motherwithflaws · 17/02/2017 22:43

Yep, worse.

PacificDogwod · 17/02/2017 22:52

Fwiw, IME and IMO 'baby brain' is simply a reflection of too many things on your mind/too many balls in the air.
Suggesting anything different is rather nasty and, likely, born out of misogyny.

My youngest is now almost 7, I still forget lots of stuff and yes, I have Too Much Going On.
That is my excuse and I am sticking to it Grin

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GinIsIn · 17/02/2017 22:58

But spelling was one of the few things I'm actually any bloody good at! Sad

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FlyingCat · 17/02/2017 23:11

I think I read somewhere that memory problems during and post baby may be due to/ made worse by some vitamin deficiencies... extra oil supplements maybe?

PacificDogwod · 19/02/2017 11:29

Baby brain myth

Found this and thought to you Smile

SunnyDayDreaming101 · 19/02/2017 11:47

I misspelled my DH name yesterday if that makes you feel better 🙈

Oysterbabe · 19/02/2017 11:48

It definitely gets worse. I remember about 3 months after having DD my pin number just fell out of my brain. I've had the same pin for maybe 20 years but it was just gone. I had to call the bank.

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GinIsIn · 19/02/2017 12:30

I think it's more of a comfort to believe in baby brain - the alternative being that I am just getting stupid for no reason! Grin

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SunnyDayDreaming101 · 19/02/2017 12:45

There have been a few studies that show a woman's brain does actually shrink during pregnancy. I'm normally a research sceptic till I have seen the trial set up/sample size etc ..... however let's let this one slide and say yes baby brain is a proven fact Wink it explains why I put the remote in the fridge last week lol

PacificDogwod · 19/02/2017 16:46

Really?!
I'd love to see those studies, Sunny - anyway, size does not always matter.

I agree with you, Fenella, the concept of 'baby brain' is quite comforting, but probably (thankfully!) rubbish.

SunnyDayDreaming101 · 19/02/2017 17:45

Yeah, one got published last year but I would call it scientifically conclusive or anything...

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/pregnancy-can-resculpt-women-s-brains-2-years

And just to make us feel better -
http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/memorylapseeitmayybepregnancyy_brain

It's a thing - well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it Wink

OuchBollocks · 19/02/2017 17:53

I became as thick as pigshit when I was due DD. I kept leaving the house without putting shoes on ffs. Tiredness had a lot to do with it; I was more or less fully functioning again by the time she turned 1 (shocking sleeper) though in the first few exhausting weeks of her life the only TV show I could focus on was Dance Moms. I didn't have the intellectual capacity for anything else.

PacificDogwod · 19/02/2017 18:02

Interesting, thanks, Sunny Smile

Yes, I had/have all sorts of cognitive gaps while pregnant/when looking after young kids etc etc, but really actually (with my serious hat on) worry about quite how misogynistic it is to blame all that on 'baby brain' i.e. hormones. Our pink lady brains struggle, don't they? Hmm
I think it has more to do with sleep deprivation, the sheer challenge of looking after a baby while still doing all the other stuff we do and being preoccupied.
My kids are now between 14 and 7 and still always on my mind, even if only peripherally. I wonder whether fathers think in the same way about their offspring? Not sure.

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GinIsIn · 19/02/2017 18:03

My mother just tried to make me do the Times crossword with her. It actually physically hurt my Brian.

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GinIsIn · 19/02/2017 18:03

BRAIN. FFS!!!!!!

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OuchBollocks · 19/02/2017 18:05

Grin poor Brian

PacificDogwod · 19/02/2017 18:05

Oh, my brain rather resembles a Brian quite frequently Grin

Bluebellevergreen · 19/02/2017 18:16

My spelling is awful lately too Sad I am very worried as this is my second language and my spelling was excellent Sad

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GinIsIn · 19/02/2017 18:32

This is all Brian's fault.

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SunnyDayDreaming101 · 19/02/2017 19:20

Screw Brian! Bet this back pain and sleepless nights are his doing too! Grin

KitKat1985 · 19/02/2017 19:26

I'm afraid mine also got worse before it got better, especially with DD1 who was an appalling sleeper, and so I was regularly getting less than 2 hours sleep a night. Sometimes I just used to stare vacantly into space for ages.

StillaChocoholic · 19/02/2017 19:31

A book I was reading recently explained that pregnant women get more forgetful towards the end of pregnancy because their 'animal' brain is sort of taking over in order to aid labour. It's supposed to be a good thing, not sure if I've explained it right. Can't quite remember how it was worded Grin
34 weeks today and definitely suffering from memory loss.

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