There is brain fog and then there's brain fart, the former being not as serious as the medically-recognized latter. Both happen to people one day or another. Pregnant women, however, tend to suffer from something else. Baby brain.
The term refers to memory errors, poor concentration, and absent-mindedness reported by many women during pregnancy and early motherhood. We're talking forgetting what company you work for when talking to a client, pouring chicken broth into your smoothie instead of almond milk... You know, the good stuff. Even though research on the existence of baby brain is mixed, take a look at some of the stuff pregnant women and their partners post and be the judge of that yourself.
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It’s less dangerous leaving the baby at the house than keeping it in her stomach.
Vicki Broadbent, founder of Honest Mum and author of Mumboss, has also suffered from baby brain. Broadbent found it can last from the very early days in the first trimester of pregnancy to at least the first year after your baby is born. "From unknowingly wearing a dress back to front in public to forgetting an important work meeting (I was out shopping at the time-whoops) and missing my husband's birthday on two separate years when I was pregnant both times (sorry Peter), I can verify that for me, baby brain is real," she told Bored Panda.
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Yvonne S. Butler Tobah, an M.D. who treats high-risk pregnancies, highlighted a recent review of 20 studies assessing more than 700 pregnant and 500 nonpregnant women. It concluded that general cognitive functioning, memory, and executive functioning were in fact significantly poorer in pregnant women.
"Other research suggests that memory problems during pregnancy aren't as widespread as believed, but can be seen in women experiencing depression shortly before childbirth," the doctor explained.
"If you're pregnant or a new mother, don't assume that you're experiencing a cognitive decline."
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"Biologically, it makes sense that you might be more forgetful during pregnancy as your body is working hard creating life and you're no doubt, the most tired you've ever been," Broadbent said. "This will prepare you for the sleep deprivation that kicks in once the baby is born hence why the baby brain prevails.
"Your body and mind must go into survival mode as it prioritizes making a baby, meaning that a few, far less important things (like your husband's birthday) might inevitably fall by the wayside. What is more important than creating life, anyway? Don't sweat it. I feel you garner superpowers while pregnant and when you become a Mom: the maternal instinct is almost magical (I've known when my kids have temperatures or are unwell from another room in the middle of the night) and I've personally experience heightened senses including precision peripheral vision which has prevented them from danger many times (e.g. stopped my then-toddler being run over years ago in the supermarket car park). We mamas might be tired but we are STRONG!"
Sent The Kid To School In Full Costume Just To Find Out I Not Only Had Wrong Day, But Wrong Week
However, beyond the relationship between pregnancy and memory, some researchers are looking at the ways pregnancy might positively change a woman's brain. Butler Tobah pointed out another recent study which compared the MRI scans of women's brains before pregnancy and after giving birth to the brain scans of women who have never given birth. The scans of women after pregnancy showed changes in brain structure that might help women adapt to motherhood.
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Hat Moment You Realize You Got Distracted And Forgot You Were Playing Hide And Seek And Your 2 Yr Old Has Been Hiding For About 20 Minutes 😬 ....she Never Moved Lol
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literally everyone has done this once - ive done this multiple times with ice cream bars and candy as well
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My Cousin's Pregnancy Brain In Action.
Great Way To Start Off The Morning $&@?!,&:!
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Pregro Brain Strikes Again. This Is What Happens When You Forget To Put Eggs In Your Waffle Batter Ooopsy. I Swear These Days My Brain Is Mush.
When You Put Laundry Detergent In The Fridge
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Instead Of Drinking Water I Just Drank Baby Oil
So This Totally Happened This Morning, Got To Work With Two Different Shoes On!
Pregnancy Brain Is So Real. My Daughters Daycare Lady Sent Me This. I’m So Embarrassed 💀
“Honey I Left Your Dinner In The Microwave” And They Say Pregnancy Brain Isn’t A Thing
I Thought Pregnancy Brain Was Fake. It’s Not. To Make Scrambled Eggs This Morning, I Cracked One Egg In A Bowl And The Other On A Plate
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Technically This Conversation With My Husband Happened Yesterday, But I Swear It Feels Like I Have A Similar One With Him Everyday.
Looking All Over The House For A Good While......and Freaking Out Since Already Running Late....finally Found My Damn Keys! Common Side Effect Of Parenting While Pregnant
Let's Say I "Hypothetically" Forgot To Take A Pyrex Lid Out Of The Oven Before I Preheat It And It "Hypothetically" Melted. What Would Be The Best Way To Get The Plastic Off The Hypothetical Oven Rack? Or Would One Need To Just Throw The Whole Damn Oven Out?
Warm it up and peel the big parts off, then use metal scrub to remove leftovers.
When You Get To Your Destination And Realise You Forgot To Take Your Slippers Off
say they're the latest fashion. no worse than some fashions nowadays
Tried To Crochet My Daughter A Fish. My Pregnant Brain Thought It Was Nice
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Preggo Brain At Its Finest. Opened My Front Door This Morning To Find These In It!
Preggo Brain Exhibit A. Be Sure To Actually Put The Coffee That You Just Ground Up Into The Coffee Maker. Okay. Let’s Try This Again Hahahah .
That Moment You Realize You're So Tired You Put Your Pants On Backwards Hahaha!
my friend put on his pants backwards, went the whole day without noticing, until he finally left his room and his mom pointed it out. he even used his pockets without noticing
My Pregnancy Brain Is Going To Kill Me. I Just Cooked Air For 2 Minutes Because Of Where I Put My Taquitos. Now My Microwave Won't Turn On.
One time I put food in the microwave and never actually started. I realized this about 20 minutes later
It's Amazing What I Saw Once I Looked Over My Baby Bump This Morning! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️no One Even Said Anything To Me At My Docs Appt This Morning
I do this too and I am in 8th grade. but in my case, I am just stupid.o>o
I'm Not Saying That She Has Pregnancy Brain. I Mean It’s Also Possible That She Made Chocolate Waffles. Either Way It Smells Like A Delicious Campfire In Our Kitchen
You Know You Have Pregnancy Brain When You Pull The Butter Back Out And Find This! Lol I Don't Even Know How I Am Able To Live Day To Day Anymore! Lol
Meant To Go To Walmart And Found Myself In Rosas Drive Thru Line. Lil' Freaked Out
Apple Cinnamon Cake Fail ...this Is The Result Of 12x's The Amount Of Baking Powder And Baking Soda!! In All Fairness, It Didn't Taste Half Bad!! It Literally Popped & Deflated
Wtf Do I Mean By “Apple Cheese”?!?! Someone Interpret My Shopping List Please!!!
Google it. Apple cheese exists - it's a traditional dessert in Lithuania.
Hazel And Lennox Look What You Did To Your Mama! This Isn't Normal!!! All Day I Was Inside Out!! Pregnancy Brain Controlling My Life!! Thank You, Christine For Letting Me Know And Snapping A Memorable Picture!
So This Happened...
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The Struggle Is Real Ya’ll
Baby Brain Is A Real Thing!!!!
Almost Had A “Mrs.williams” Kind Of Day, Can’t Find My Spectacles Either!
I Usually Do Pretty Good When I Shop Our Groceries Online. This Time I Did It Half Asleep... We'll Have Enough Coffee For One Day And Tortillas For Months.
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Not A Good Shirt To Wear With Pregnancy Brain. I Almost Peed Myself When I Looked In The Mirror.
You May Have Pregnancy Brain If You Pull Out Your Pulse Oximeter To Try To Unlock Your Car
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Opened The Fridge To Find This. It's Been Hours. Thank You, Pregnancy, For Making Me Brain-Dead.
O We Went Out For Coffee & Beer With A Bunch Of People Last Night. I Spent The Whole Night With Mismatching Shoes On. Had No Clue. Can't See My Feet Anyway. Not Until We Were Leaving Did @joshmosh Say "I Think I Should Tell You Something But I Don't Want To Make You Sad" 🤦🏼♀️ I Mean At Least They're The Same Style Of Shoe? Blah.
You Know You’ve Entered The Final Weeks Of Pregnancy When The Lawn Guy Never Gets Paid But You Know You Sent The Check
Who Forgot Their Shoes After Their Appointment?
This Week Leah Meant To Put Deli Meat In The Fridge And Hours Later Her Husband Found It In The Microwave
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This Is How My Day Has Been So Far. How's Yours?
Soooooo.. I May Or May Not Of Forgotten Domino Outside Today. I Haven't Been Feeling The Best & Napped For A Good Hour Or So. Todd Got Home & Asked Where She Was. And This Is Where I Found Her.
When Your Prego Brain Thinks You’re Pouring Ginger Ale...
When You've Been Searching Your House For Two Days For Your Lavender Oil And It's Been On Your Bathroom Shelf The Whole Time. Pregnancy Brain Really Might Be The End Of Me Lol.
Talk About Prego Brain. I Was Rushing To The Post Office And I Didn't Bother To Look Down
Pregnancy Brain. Didn't Notice Until I Sat Down...
A Late Night Shakeology Craving Turned Into A Reallllly Big Disaster 😭😭😭😭!! I Don't Know What I'm More Upset About--- The Fact That I Have A Huuuuge Mess To Clean Up Or The Fact That I Wasted My Shakeo 😭😭!! Lesson Learned... For The Hundredth Time--- Triple.. No... Quadruple Check The Blender Cover
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Clearly. I. Do. Not. Know. How. To. Use. A. Freaking. Can-Opener
God, I've Really Let Myself Go
His Pregnancy Brain Is Really Starting To Be A Pain In The
My own preggo brain can't make out what it's looking at. Someone roasted their pumping kit?
One Day Last Week, I Opened The Pantry To Make Dinner And Found This
I am not naming any names... I will just say that apparently pregnancy brain can strike anyone in the household.
Pregnancy Brain Is Real. At Least Hubby Is Supportive.
Is Morning As I Was Looking In The Fridge For Milk And Couldn't Find It, Rod Gave Me A Second Set Of Eyes. Both Of Us Were So Confused As To Were It Went Since I Had Some As Snack Before Bed Last Night. Then I Remembered, I Drank It Out Of A Wine Glass (It Makes Me Feel Fancy), And I've Been Putting Items In The Wrong Cabinet Lately. Previously With Other Items I Caught And Corrected It, But Last Night #pregobrain Won. Poor Rod Had To Go Buy More Milk This Morning! Thank God For That Man!
So Glad My Oatmeal Is Keeping Cool. Pregnancy Brain... Totally Put It In There And Didn’t Realize That Until I Went To Make Lunch Just Now
That's such a small fridge! Edit: I'm not sure why I'm getting down voted, I just never seen a fridge like this
Watching The 3rd Period Of The Kings' Game We Recorded Last Night Before Going To Sleep. The Kings' Scored Their 4th Goal And I See A Ton Of Fans Along The Glass Celebrating. So Surprised I Text The Hubby. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I Have Two Brains In My Body Right Now And Never Felt More Dumb!!! I Better Just Go To Bed.
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If Anyone Wants To Know How The End Of Pregnancy Is Going
I literally made it all the way to baseball, sat through practice, and (almost) made it home before I noticed this.
More DIY Plumbing Adventures At The Craig House.
I decided to hard boil (steam?) several eggs in the instant pot this morning and without thinking (#pregnancybrain) put all the eggshells down the garbage disposal which of course clogged. We tried a few tricks (baking soda+vinegar+boiling water, etc). I could feel in the pipes exactly where the clog was based on the boiling water so I decided to take them apart. Well... The picture tells the rest of the story. No more clog and Imma go take a shower now.
PS: yes, it is my due date for those wondering and clearly Moira is not ready to make her debut.
I Have Such Sever #pregobrain That If I Didn't Take #lunchbox Pictures I Would Forget What To Pack. I Totally Reference These The Next Day. I'm Trying Out Ham For The Toddler And Craizens And Dried Bananas But The 1st Grader Told Me To Take The Dried Fruit Out Because It's Gross.
⁰im to the point for snack, I just throw some chips and a drink into my sons front pocket of his backpack and tell him not to sit on it.
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N Case Anyone Is Wondering I Am Walked An Opened Tub Of Butter To The Garage And Put It On The Passenger Seat Instead Of In The Refrigerator Weeks Pregnant 🤰🏻🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️. Pregnancy Brain Is Real My Friends. Check On Dane And Dayton Between Now And April Because I Am Worried For Them 😂🤣😂
Well Baby Girl Is Head Down Ready To Go And Clearly My Brain Is Ready To Be Done Too
#longworkweek #didntevennotice #differentshoes #motherhood #properparenting #prego #pregobrain
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Won "Roll Up The Rim To Win" And Guess What I Did With It? Threw It In The Damn Garbage By Mistake. I Wanted That Donut
Atleast I Can Laugh At Myself! Miss Rosalie Has My Brain Acting Crazy
I find people buying lots of similar shoes weirder than the mismatching pairs
I Unlocked My Door With My Arms Full With The Intent Of Coming Back To Get My Keys Out Of The Door Once I Put My Stuff Down
Well 3 hours later after our March is Reading Month kickoff assembly I noticed my keys sticking out of the doorknob! Whoops!
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I once pushed my car key button to call an elevator. Yes, the car did unlock, since it was right next to the elevator 1 floor down. I was confused as to why the elevator didn't come. Not even pregnant.
so at our school in elementary and junior high, you were given a lunch number to punch onto a keypad and buy your lunch at school. just seeing a keypad triggers that and many times i'll end up putting my old lunch number into the microwave. im not even in school anymore.
Major confession here: You can do this without pregnancy! (I promise, I'm not a total idiot.)
An old family friend used to refer to these kind of brain-farts, (not necessarily related to pregnancy), as "CRAFT moments." As in, "Can't Remember A F**king thing."
True story: BFF was pregnant, in her third trimester, we're gearing up for the usual baby shower stuff, and she freaked out that she forgot to get the cake from the bakery. Except we had baked the cake and deocrated it the previous day. And she'd eaten it for breakfast. Which was why we didn't have a cake, but were baking another one, and she was flipping out about forgetting a nonexistent cake at the bakery while *mixing the frosting for the one in her oven*. No, she has not yet lived that down, and her son is 20. :-D
Oh pregnancy brain is real and doesn't go away right away. I had my worst baby brain when my son was 3 months old. we were going shopping and I stopped at a red light (minor intersection) looked both ways and continued on... realized right after going through the light what I did.
Love how the comments section is just full of people saying they've done the same things, but weren't pregnant
I too have have these educational moments frequently, pregnant ladies - I'm 76 years old so you have a lot to look forward to after your pregnancy years. You're Welcome!
#25: Cut off as much as you can, using a stout serrated knife, or a hacksaw. You can use an X-acto blade for the more thinly coated parts. If you skim right against the side of the coated wire, you should be able to peel off the rest. (sort of like knife-stripping coated wire) If there are still bits left, maybe re-heat and repeat the process whil still softened. (Personally, I'd probably scrape, then set it over a lit barbecue outside to finish off.) In any case, clean extremely well afterwards.
I just learned something. Allow her to "discover" it in a way that suggests that it is medically verified and so justified and she may accept it, laugh about it, and we can skip the melodrama and all get on with it.
Whoever wrote this doesn't know what the words "former" and "latter" mean in a sentence. In this case "the former" is Brain Fog, which I'm pretty sure is medically recognized and "the latter" is "Brain Fart" which I'm pretty sure is NOT medically recognized. https://www.grammar.com/former_vs._latter
Jesus christ when I was scrolling this article on my phone I thought I should check the time real quick but I couldn't find my phone, so I look around for it a bit only to realize it was on the breakfast table with bored panda open all along. Is pregnancy brain contagious?
Never pregnant and still; Regularly either forget my socks or find them inside out later in the day, find out my underware is either not there or inside out, forget to rinse out my hair, place keys in weird places,
I apologised for almost walking right into someone at a restaurant, then realised I was talking to a mirror. Not pregnant; just drunk and the place was badly lit.
This was a really fun post! Most were relatable though, even though I'm not pregnant.
Okay so apparently I've had pregnancy brain for years, without being pregnant.
This post made me laugh, I needed it after the last post I was reading...
I've done at least half of these things and I've never been pregnant. My brain is just a bit scattered. If this pregnant brain thing is real, I'm severely worried that I'll upp it a notch and start microwaving explosives and flushing my keyes down the toilet.
And it gets even worse when the baby is there! (forgot my friends name, and I've known her for 10 years. And when I remembered the name sounded so strange to me) and of course forgot words all the time and deciding to do something right now, turn around and can't remember what it is
I just got done reading another panda post about how women in poland are pissed off about abortion being illegal. So it was nice to read this post about women sharing their wonderful pregnancy experiences. No unborn child should ever be killed because of the mothers reckless actions. They didn't ask to be born and then only to be thrown away in a medical waste bin. So thank you
So women are making excuses for their stupidity because their pregnant? What's the excuse when there is no baby? Pre On Set Early Dementia? I make blunders all the time, it happens. Mostly because I don't think and just do or live inside my head. Or over exhausted with hours of physical labor.
I once pushed my car key button to call an elevator. Yes, the car did unlock, since it was right next to the elevator 1 floor down. I was confused as to why the elevator didn't come. Not even pregnant.
so at our school in elementary and junior high, you were given a lunch number to punch onto a keypad and buy your lunch at school. just seeing a keypad triggers that and many times i'll end up putting my old lunch number into the microwave. im not even in school anymore.
Major confession here: You can do this without pregnancy! (I promise, I'm not a total idiot.)
An old family friend used to refer to these kind of brain-farts, (not necessarily related to pregnancy), as "CRAFT moments." As in, "Can't Remember A F**king thing."
True story: BFF was pregnant, in her third trimester, we're gearing up for the usual baby shower stuff, and she freaked out that she forgot to get the cake from the bakery. Except we had baked the cake and deocrated it the previous day. And she'd eaten it for breakfast. Which was why we didn't have a cake, but were baking another one, and she was flipping out about forgetting a nonexistent cake at the bakery while *mixing the frosting for the one in her oven*. No, she has not yet lived that down, and her son is 20. :-D
Oh pregnancy brain is real and doesn't go away right away. I had my worst baby brain when my son was 3 months old. we were going shopping and I stopped at a red light (minor intersection) looked both ways and continued on... realized right after going through the light what I did.
Love how the comments section is just full of people saying they've done the same things, but weren't pregnant
I too have have these educational moments frequently, pregnant ladies - I'm 76 years old so you have a lot to look forward to after your pregnancy years. You're Welcome!
#25: Cut off as much as you can, using a stout serrated knife, or a hacksaw. You can use an X-acto blade for the more thinly coated parts. If you skim right against the side of the coated wire, you should be able to peel off the rest. (sort of like knife-stripping coated wire) If there are still bits left, maybe re-heat and repeat the process whil still softened. (Personally, I'd probably scrape, then set it over a lit barbecue outside to finish off.) In any case, clean extremely well afterwards.
I just learned something. Allow her to "discover" it in a way that suggests that it is medically verified and so justified and she may accept it, laugh about it, and we can skip the melodrama and all get on with it.
Whoever wrote this doesn't know what the words "former" and "latter" mean in a sentence. In this case "the former" is Brain Fog, which I'm pretty sure is medically recognized and "the latter" is "Brain Fart" which I'm pretty sure is NOT medically recognized. https://www.grammar.com/former_vs._latter
Jesus christ when I was scrolling this article on my phone I thought I should check the time real quick but I couldn't find my phone, so I look around for it a bit only to realize it was on the breakfast table with bored panda open all along. Is pregnancy brain contagious?
Never pregnant and still; Regularly either forget my socks or find them inside out later in the day, find out my underware is either not there or inside out, forget to rinse out my hair, place keys in weird places,
I apologised for almost walking right into someone at a restaurant, then realised I was talking to a mirror. Not pregnant; just drunk and the place was badly lit.
This was a really fun post! Most were relatable though, even though I'm not pregnant.
Okay so apparently I've had pregnancy brain for years, without being pregnant.
This post made me laugh, I needed it after the last post I was reading...
I've done at least half of these things and I've never been pregnant. My brain is just a bit scattered. If this pregnant brain thing is real, I'm severely worried that I'll upp it a notch and start microwaving explosives and flushing my keyes down the toilet.
And it gets even worse when the baby is there! (forgot my friends name, and I've known her for 10 years. And when I remembered the name sounded so strange to me) and of course forgot words all the time and deciding to do something right now, turn around and can't remember what it is
I just got done reading another panda post about how women in poland are pissed off about abortion being illegal. So it was nice to read this post about women sharing their wonderful pregnancy experiences. No unborn child should ever be killed because of the mothers reckless actions. They didn't ask to be born and then only to be thrown away in a medical waste bin. So thank you
So women are making excuses for their stupidity because their pregnant? What's the excuse when there is no baby? Pre On Set Early Dementia? I make blunders all the time, it happens. Mostly because I don't think and just do or live inside my head. Or over exhausted with hours of physical labor.