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I'm Starting to Believe Baby Brain Is Not a Myth

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DH and I bought a humidifier for our bedroom last night.  I have it on a medium setting which produces a small mist that you can see.  No less than three times this morning have I got a glimpse of the mist out of the corner of my eye and my heart jumped thinking it's smoke from a fire.
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  • luvbeingmomluvbeingmom member

    i've only locked myself out of the house twice... and it happened within a matter of weeks between... and i was pregnant with my second

    how could it not be true? with being sick and tired, and nesting and getting prepared for baby... not much brain power left for anything else! 

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  • Telly21182Telly21182 member

    I actually read in DHs book "The Expectant Father" that a pregnant woman's brain actually loses 3-5% functionality or something like that.  I was not happy reading that.

    ETA: Spelling - baby brain in full force apparently! 

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  • Birdies08Birdies08 member
    I feel like a horrible employee- I keep forgetting really simple parts of my job (like locking a cabinet or printing off a label). It's embarrassing and makes me feel like a moron. I can blame the baby, right?
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  • klvklv member
    I have a severe case of the dumbs right now.  I can not remember anything.  I went to the grocery store last night, just to turn around and go home because I forgot my purse
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  • photogirl18photogirl18

    I have always been a fan of to do lists but lately its become a necessity! The smallest things I can't remember now so I totally believe that Baby Brain is real and have been telling friends/family LOL

    My first and favorite moment? Making a reservation for my BF, her DH, my DH, and I to go to brunch-we waited a half an hour at the wrong place and missed our reservation and the place closed to set up for lunch :( The whole time my BF and her DH were waiting for us at the right place! A few other little ones after that and I have made myself write down or put an alarm on my phone for any appointments or things that need done!

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  • waterfall11waterfall11 member

    I almost just proved your point by replying to this post with my baby names.  I threw away the mortgage checks instead of putting them in the mailbox.  Fortunately, somehow I remembered it the following day and was able to retrieve them before the trash went out.  Yesterday I went shopping on my lunch break and forgot my purse.  I have also left my purse at a couple restaurants but DH was looking out for me.  I handle emergency dispatch at work and cannot multitask anymore.  If I don't take care of something as soon as it comes in I completely forget, and if I don't cross a call off my list once I give it out I end up dispatching the same person twice for a call.  And this is just my short list.  I feel like I've lost more like 25-50% of my brain functionality.

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  • mrs.happymrs.happy member

    I feel like my brain is mush.  I usually have a pretty much word-for-word memory for conversations, even a week later (which is awesome for winning arguments with DH), but now I forget things he tells me moments later.  

    Also, the other day I felt like my dress wasn't fitting right, not in the belly, but in the shoulders.  About half way through the morning, something was itching the front of my neck, and I realized it was the tag.  Totally had my dress on backwards for hours.

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  • char62011char62011

    At my 10 & 14 week check-ups I forgot to catch my urine in the cup. Went straight into the toilet! Why do I keep forgeting, espically since the nurse had just told me 1 minute prior to write my name on a cup and catch it. Hopefully next time I will manage to remember. Sad thing is- I am a nurse!!!

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  • sunshine336sunshine336 member
    I've left the oven on at least 4 times in the last month or so.  I pretty much caught it every time within a half hour or so of when I meant to turn it off- but it could have been worse.  I forget to do the simplest things if I don't write them down.  Baby Brain is not a myth!
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  • Turtle143Turtle143 member
    It is definitely making a believer out of me!
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  • EMLYNNLERETTEEMLYNNLERETTE member
    I dumped all of our pasta down the garbage disposal while holding the colander in my other hand to drain it... What an idiot!  Then as I was making new pasta I started counting to see how long I cooked it for (yes math is now an issue too!) and went 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3.... I felt like such a dummy!
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