Pregnancy Brain Moments {February}

krash_

Similar to the "what my pregnant self is eating," what are you forgetting? Any "d'oh" moments? Did you walk into the bathroom with your bowl of cereal?

May14th2011

2 kids + pregnancy brain... my brain is toast.
I walked out of the house without a bra the other day. Luckily I realized it before I made it to the car!

krash_

I was on a conference call at work yesterday and literally everything I said was the opposite of what I meant. It was like Willy Wonka 

Some of them don't know that I'm pregnant so I hope they didn't think I was just bad at my job or had no idea what I was talking about. 

Amphibious22

Love this thread idea! Another moment I had a few days ago..When putting the girl scout cookies away, I put the trefoils in the freezer instead of the thin mints. MH found them and just looked at me confused. 

lisa2589

I had a great one last week and I remember thinking I should have shared it.... but of course now that it’s a thread, my pregnant brain can’t remember it! 

sunshineandwhiskey

For the life of me I could not pronounce “therefore” today. It kept sounding like “there-insertdumbness.” I was reading an intro to my class of 6th graders. They all made fun of me. 

stephcat421

These are all so cute/funny! I have to either write down or announce out loud that I fed the dog because it seriously all jumbles together. Maybe it's because my spoiled dog gets 3 squares a day, or he's a golden that always looks like he's not eaten in years! DH would ask, has the dog eaten yet and I'd get so confused whether I just fed him like 5 minutes prior or if I was remembering yesterday's dinner! And don't ask the dog, he'll gladly take a second meal!

izza2

@May14th2011 - A couple of weeks ago I kept leaving the house without a bra on (fully dressed, got DSS on the bus, got part of the way down the road, and realize I have no bra on), so I started a practice of squeezing my boobs before leaving for the day just to make sure.


I keep forgetting what things are called. Yesterday it was "driveway", "aisle", and "door".
Having some great moments over here.

torileea

Yup words bahaha I keep forgetting words too @izza2
i have to text my dh every thought I have that I want to talk to him about or it’s gone bahaha 

I keep forgetting why I walked into rooms *facepalm*

pupsicle23

In the past three days of work, I’ve forgotten my lunch one day, my work bag the next day, and my computer today. I’m a teacher, so forgetting my laptop really threw me off.

doxiemoxie212

I keep trying to put things in the dishwasher instead of the oven.

Austenista

I over flowed the coffee maker because I tried to put water in it when it already had been filled. Then I brewed coffee without putting the grounds + filter in correctly so when it brewed it was missing the coffee pot and going everywhere. This was the same pot of coffee. My husband was just like, "Wow." 

Last pregnancy I started up the Keurig without a mug to catch the coffee. What a mess that was. 

catlady1215

Last wk I went to the cabinet we keep spices in while making dinner and found the open bottle of ranch. Apparently i couldn't find my way back to the fridge after making lunch. Glad it was just that and not milk or something.

May14th2011

For several days I kept finding things in the wrong places, dirty forks in the drawer, dry goods in the fridge etc. To the point where I googled how bad pregnancy brain could be, because I had no memory whatsoever of doing this stuff. I even told DH that I felt like I was going crazy. 
About an hour later, I hear a noise in the kitchen, go look and my 2 yr old is happily putting slices of cheese (still wrapped, thank goodness) in a drawer... omg. 
At least I'm off the hook for most of the strange kitchen stuff.

katelynrae86

@izza2 I just giggled out loud at "squeezing my boobs before leaving the house."

Ran around the house looking everywhere for my phone yesterday as I was trying to get out the door, only to find it in my pocket (to be fair, this has happened prepregnancy too but I'll blame pregnancy brain this time  )

Is pregnancy klutziness a thing? Like my brain can't catch up to what my body is doing...lol. Yesterday I spilled a cup of coffee all over myself and a white throw pillow. Then later, I dropped a full tub of greek yogurt as I was getting it out of the fridge. Neither one of those were fun to clean up...

doxiemoxie212

This one was bad, and it was a while ago, and I'm extra vigilant now, but I left the stove on for like 5 hours (gas stove) with a low flame. DH discovered it and was like, "DOXIE WTF!" 

izza2

@katelynrae86 - If it's not a thing, then pregnancy clumsiness should be! I drop more things, spill things, etc. than I ever have in my life, hah.

@doxiemoxie212 - Oh jeez! I've only done that once, and it was after cooking dinner, with the pan still on the flame, and H found it and reacted similarly to YH.

ramennoodlegif

+1 on the pregnancy clumsiness
I cannot for the life of me screw the top on a sippy cup without spilling milk and/or dropping the lid. 

LaceyBee522

I'm with y'all on the clumsiness too. I keep running into things. I have bruises on my hands and arms from hitting cabinets and walls. Yikes! Also, my belly is big enough now that it is getting in the way. I haven't announced widely at my office yet, but in a meeting with all the partners this morning, I got up to leave and bumped a swivel chair with my big belly...whoops.

megara5

I just have terrible word recall issues this time around. It does not come in handy when you're teaching or having a review with your principal. In the classroom, I just thank god for Google. In my meeting, I totally blamed it on pregnancy brain,  and my principal laughed, and said he remembered how that was as he and his wife have two children, one just born last summer. 

kmurdock925

add me to the clumsy list!  I drop eeeeverything all day  long

MoonOverGoldsboro

You guys, pregnancy clumsiness is totally a thing! I had the worst case of "butterfingers" in my last pregnancy, and now it's happening again...I swear on my last BMB, everyone thought I was crazy. But apparently your loose joints and extra fluids can make your grip less firm, so that's why I end up dropping all of my afternoon Cheetos on the floor all the time! https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/symptoms-and-solutions/clumsiness.aspx

glitterfingers

I love this thread. I’m mostly just mixing up words. I told my friend who just bought a couch congrats for pulling a gun on it  - ummm I meant pulling the trigger... Made it sound like she was mugging a couch.

amys614

I was entering an order for one of our patients that the nursing home faxed over. I go to type the patients last name which was something very common. Then I enter the first name Sefina and middle initial J.   I can't find her. I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out if she was a new admission or who she was. Finally just search the DOB.

It was very obvious the fax had a line through it and the lady's name was Josefina, not _____________, J. SEFINA. 

lisa2589

Just stuck something in the microwave and typed in 3. Couldn’t figure out why it turned off several seconds later. Did this 2 more times before it dawned on me to type in 3:00, hence why it was only running for 3 seconds at a time. No, this is not a new microwave.  

Amphibious22

Just got back from my audiologist appt to get more domes for my hearing aid. I mentioned that I lost one of the domes and could never find it, but blamed it on pregnancy. He decided to check in my ear and turns out that's where it is! And I lost it like 2 months ago. Looks like I'm off to urgent care to get this out of my ear. 

May14th2011

You guys. I was making breakfast and put a kettle on to boil, put frozen potatoes in a pan and was alarmed when the potatoes started whistling. I was sure they were going to explode, so I was freaking out about what to do, when I realized IT WAS THE KETTLE.

May14th2011

Ouch @Amphibious22 did you get it out?

Amphibious22

@May14th2011 I haven't yet. Still waiting on a call from my dr to schedule an appointment. Didn't feel like waiting at urgent care and I figure it's already been in there for at least 2 months, a few more days won't kill me. 

May14th2011

@Amphibious22 my friend's 5 year old just had a large pebble pulled out of her ear. It had been in there for several months but several Dr's had missed it. That's so wild to me. 

MoonOverGoldsboro

This morning I washed one of my son's (used) disposable diapers with the rest of his laundry.  Luckily it was only a pee diaper...

dinodna3

@MoonOverGoldsboro Ahhh, that’s the worst! All that mushy clear gel is so annoying to get completely off of everything. 

LaceyBee522

Does anyone else sometimes double tap the pics in our HDBD threads not realizing this isn’t Instagram? That has to be pregnancy brain. Right??

MoonOverGoldsboro

@dinodna3 Arrrgh, it was so yucky, but I think both washer and clothes have survived admirably. The worst part is that I just know I’m gonna end up doing this again!

Sammysos

I had to fly interstate for a meeting with an overnight stay the night before. After the meeting I went straight to the airport to catch my flight home. And realised id left my hand luggage at the meeting. I didnt have time to go back for it so someone else with a later flight offered to bring it back for me.  Felt like such a loser.

May14th2011

Walked into the coat closet and spent a good minute in there trying to figure out where the toilet went and why there wasn't a light switch on the wall. 

I'm pretty sure a slug has more intelligence than I do at this point.

bearmoons

+1 for word finding issues. MH is a type 1 diabetic and was saying how a pizza he had must have been labeled wrong because the carb amount was crazy. And I said "was the thick cruster?" No...crust thicker. Gahhhh!

Also I was dropping everything for awhile but it's a bit better. 3 nights in a row about a month ago I dropped my dinner plate face down on the carpet. 

MissKittyDanger

Typically I lose words. Like in the middle of talking and it's just one word - usually an important one to make a point - just disappears. Luckily at home, my H knows generally what I'm trying to say and my coworkers get pregnancy brain, but it's worse when you're on the phone with clients.

Other day I posted on another forum and went to say "presence" but said "presents" - one girl made a joke and it took me wayyyyy too long to realize what she said lmao! Luckily on that one, they also know I'm pregnant so it helps lol!


Does it count as pregnancy brain when you put laundry in, watch a show and completely forget it's there? It was that episode of "This is Us" so my mind was distracted ....

doxiemoxie212

Left my keys inside my apt today, had to get the spare from the doormen. Sigh. I remember as I was getting ready to leave, I looked right at my keys and thought, "Can't forget those!" And then I did. Ugh.

LaceyBee522

Visiting our Long Island office today, so meeting a bunch of new people for the fist time. Dropped an entire cup of water on the carpet in front of partner offices....the offices have glass walls. Everyone thinks I'm a klutz...it is just pregnancy clumsiness!

pupsicle23

I told about 4 people that I was leaving work and going to my daughter’s Halloween Party