Baby Brain???

Qbanrican84

I'm having THE worst time in school right now... I'm 31 and in college. I'm usually ok with my classes but lately I just feel so stupid with simple things, or even not so simple things that would just me a litter extra time to learn. I just cannot retain much, and am having a horrible time with numbers. Is this normal?? It's incredibly frustrating! ~X(

noslen0519

It's such a common thing and so hard! I teach fourth grade and literally forgot how to borrow when doing a subtraction problem on the board yesterday morning. Also I was working on paperwork at a meeting with my grade partners and my brain was mush. My co-worker jokingly asked me if I was pregnant. Me thinks this will be a tough secret to keep. 

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satcher08

Unfortunately it's normal. I also teach 4th grade and totally screwed up trying to teach my kids how to find the volume of a cube. Oops. I'm also worried about how this is going to affect my personal school work. I just started working on my second master's degree this week and even though this is basic stuff I should know, my brain isn't cooperating. Something tells me that my professors aren't going to accept "baby brain" as an excuse for sub-par work. 

Rosehip15

Totally normal.
I forgot my phone at work last night, which I have literally never done since I got my first cell phone in 16 years ago.  And I speak two foreign languages and what used to be a little overlap is now hopelessly muddled - and I'm speaking to patients!!  I'm now using the translator phone:)

Qbanrican84

Oh goodness! Well good luck to the both of you as well @noslen0519 and @satcher08!

Thanks, that makes me feel better...I literally went home almost crying yesterday after I got to campus. I didn't even make it to class, I felt so overwhelmed I left! 

PressLove

I forgot it was my day off. Who does that ?!?  Woke up, got dressed, and started the day.

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CopperLane

I'm a marketing analyst and this pregnancy brain is KILLING me at work. I can't focus, no attention span. Looking at numbers makes me feel like I'm trying to read Chinese.

I'd say this is normal, it's my first but I have friends who went through the same thing.

izzyp25

My mom asked me when my husbands grad school graduation was and I totally pulled up google and typed in "Bob's graduation" thinking it would know and give me the answer. Nope, that is most definitely not how it works. 

Qbanrican84

CopperLane said:

I'm a marketing analyst and this pregnancy brain is KILLING me at work. I can't focus, no attention span. Looking at numbers makes me feel like I'm trying to read Chinese. I'd say this is normal, it's my first but I have friends who went through the same thing.

OMG YES! Thank you! That's exactly how I felt looking at my school work... like it was freaking Chinese. I went home crying feeling so defeated

Qbanrican84

izzyp25 said:

My mom asked me when my husbands grad school graduation was and I totally pulled up google and typed in "Bob's graduation" thinking it would know and give me the answer. Nope, that is most definitely not how it works. 

Lmao! That's hilarious...kinda like how I went to open my house door with my car remote
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berky84

Basic things like phone numbers I say on a daily basis are just slipping out of my mind. I didn't know this would happen so soon.

MillerMama13

Yep. Me too. The last two days I missed the turn that I take to go pick my 2 yr old up from daycare. I never do that and I pick her up every single day. I'm just super spacey.

MamaCoffin

That was one of my earliest symptoms. I didn't think about it in the moment.... But when I woke up nauseous two days later (and subsequently took a positive test) it all made sense. I was making pancakes..... From a "just add water" box. There was batter (both wet and dry) on my table, counter, and floor.... And two broken bowls by the time I was done.

It was like a comedy scene from a bad family movie.

Oh... And I burned them. Of course. it's like my brain just turned off.