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Turns out pregnancy brain might be just a myth: this Australian study found that being pregnant had no impact on cognitive ability. The researchers suggest that normal mental hiccups get blamed on pregnancy simply because their gravid state is very much on pregnant women's minds: "It makes it very easy to attribute what might be just normal lapses in memory to pregnancy," said one of the researchers.
Hmmmm. Next thing you know, they'll be debunking mommy brain! (Actually, on my reading stack at the moment is The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter by Katherine Ellison. Haven't started it yet, but I'll report back when I have.)
Personally, I think whatever pregnancy brain or mommy brain effects might exist have a lot more to do with how being pregnant or being a mommy means months (years!) of deprived sleep. Because, honestly, doesn't it affect Dads too? Sure does in my household!
Perhaps we should just start calling it Too Damn Tired To Think Brain. (And while I am certainly suffering from a bit of TDTTTB today -- case in point being the fact that I can't come up with a better acronym than that! -- I'm happy to report that I can NOT blame it on pregnancy brain. Just in case you were wondering.)
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Boo that Australian study.
I'm here to report Pregnancy Brain/Mommy Brain is real. I never feel more spacey than when pregnant, or in those first few months of Cate's life. It might be just sleep, but I think it's also a reorg of what your brain can focus on.
No matter. TDTTTB is real too:)
Haha, love your blog and love this post...I have TDTTTB all the time :-) You've been tagged so check out my blog to see what to do! Congrats on being Etsyblogger of the month too, I'll be blogging about your awesome shop soon and will keep you posted!
If this were true....I'd have a lot of explaining to do b/c I say my preggers brain never left LOL!
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