Pregnancy brain

mamajama3 · September 2014

What's the funniest or dumbest thing you've done because of pregnancy brain?

I just threw my trash (and my car keys) into the garbage can at 7-Eleven, fueled up my car and then couldn't figure out where my keys were. I found them in the trash and had to dig around for them in the bottom (yummy!) to get them back. Also, because I was dressed comfy with no hair and makeup done, I'm pretty sure people thought I was a homeless woman digging for cans. Feeling really special right now.

PinkRoses53 · September 2014

Haha!

When I was pregnant with my son, I would find random things in the wrong places. I remember one time I found a bag of frozen peas hours later in the cabinet with our drinking glasses.

Unfortunately, I don't think it gets better once you become a mom. I still do flighty things all the time!

Pintobean39 · September 2014

Pregnancy #3 last year. I wore my then 14yr old sons shirt to go work in the bookstore at his school.

When I was getting dressed I was so upset because I'd just bought that shirt the week before and I'd already out grown it and I was only about 7 weeks. When school was out he came in the bookstore and noticed I was wearing his shirt. I seriously had no clue until then, now I know why the boob area was so tight.

gypsyheart85 · September 2014

I left the water running in the bathroom at work. It was not noticed until an hour later and the immediate area surrounding it was flooded. The unit secretary had to call in housekeeping who had to use a shop vac to get up all the water. I never admited to it either but I'm pretty certain I was the last one to use that bathroom as there were only four of us on that side of our unit.

gypsyheart85 · September 2014

@Smilz4782‌ i couldn't agree more, I definitely have had this brain since my first pregnancy- which then turned to mom brain. But the water incident is a new low.

luna8433 · September 2014

I threw a bill away then I locked myself out of the house. I thought I had grabbed my keys but it was my wallet.

MirandaC1984 · September 2014

On several occasions I have started sentences and halfway through them forgotten what I was trying to say.

CoPilot2012 · September 2014

I baked my MIL this amazing chocolate cake for her birthday Sunday.

I cut it and served about half of it before my FIL goes "oh, how did I miss singing?"

Oh shit. I cut and served the birthday cake without singing happy birthday or lighting candles.

Oops!

Courtney4345 · September 2014

After a long stare at the menu the out her day I slowly hadef it to my fiancé with my finger on a word, "what the heck is this word?"

It was touched. I read it as tooshed and was SO confused as to what new style of dressing a salad that was. "That's fancy" I was thinking to myself.

Duhhhhhhh

marijaa333 · September 2014

I "lost" my passport, and missed my flight, only to find it in my purse a few hours and $1700 later.

I also accidentally melted a plastic ladle handle by leaving it on the stove - thankfully I saw the flame before there was any other damage. This was all in the week before my BFP; thankfully I've been more functional lately.

tinyjoys · September 2014

When I was pregnant with my son, I went to a baby shower for my cousin. I somehow passed our house on the way home & got myself so turned around, my husband had to come find me so I could follow him home. 3+ years later & I still haven't lived it down.

lightrox · September 2014

This happened to me too. I was pregnant with my first son and couldn't find the road to my house it disappeared and I will swear to that to this day. My DH had to come get me so I could follow him home. That was 8 years ago and he still brings it up.

lgsdesigner · September 2014

Oh now that's GOOD!

When I was pg with my son, I was chatting on the phone with my sister using the house phone. I had to run to the store, so I continued talking to her on this said phone. I get to the end of our neighborhood street, and the phone starts to cut out and I'm all like "Why in the hell is my phone acting up???" Ummm...hello, dumbass. It's a HOME phone.

MirandaC1984 · September 2014

GFJ48 said:

I was training a new person at work a few weeks ago and did every single thing I was showing her how to do wrong. I had to tell her I was pregnant and usually smarter than that!

Experiencing that right now but I haven't told anyone at work yet so the new gal just thinks I am insane. LOL

kayleighalongo · September 2014

Twice now I've been mid-discussion with a client and completely forgot the back half of what I was going to say. Each time I just froze with a dumb look on my face until someone finally moved the conversation along.

123hollydolly · September 2014

Two weeks in a row my husband wound up with grocery lists that included half of a word.

Ndracer · September 2014

FTM here and didn't realize this would start so soon but I have pregnancy brain big time. The worst for me is trying to remember how to take my shots which I've been doing daily for 7 weeks now. I should have the dosage memorized but I completly go blank at that time and can't even remember which needle is which.

creativerae · September 2014

I left my cell phone in the fridge twice now, and instead of pumping my face wash this morning, I lathered up my hubby's gel shave foam.

dancinqueeen1717 · September 2014

When I was pregnant with my son, I went to work without shoes. Like...I just didn't put them on. And then I drove 40 minutes to work. I thought I was going to have to call in sick from the school parking lot. Luckily, I found a pair of orange flip-flops (super professional) in my trunk, so that's what I wore all day.

sweetieheart32 · September 2014

Yesterday I got in the elevator to go up a floor so I could sign out of work for the day. I had my purse and car keys in hand, and when I got on the elevator the doors closed and I sat there clicking the unlock button of my car keys expecting them to make the elevator move...

ramcheer55 · September 2014

My husband says that pregnancy brain isn't a thing but it most definitely is! The past week or 2 I have been misplacing things and he'll be talking to me and in the next minute I don't even remember what he said at all. He just keeps insisting it's because I'm such a blonde. I loved reading everyone else's experiences! Too funny!

Asent08 · September 2014

I gave my son lasagna last night and told him to eat it...but I didn't give him a fork... X_X

dj99 · November 2014

So I go to my DR appointment today. I get there about 20 minutes early, feeling good since I'm always late for everything. I walk in, tell them my name and say I have an u/s scheduled for today. The receptionist can't find me in the system. As I'm starting to get annoyed (because all I really want is to get my u/s) and get a bit defensive she tells me, "you're in the wrong office". My DR has two different locations, one town appart from each other. I almost died from embarrassment, luckily I was still able to keep my appointment at the other office.

tori41612 · November 2014

I can't remember ANYTHING. I just found a load of wet laundry in the wash today, I'm guessing it's been in there for three, maybe four days.

Swanky929 · November 2014

This is a silly one but I cannot get my students' names right anymore. I've been calling them all each other's names for like 4 weeks now. They keep looking at me like I'm nuts. There are only 20 of them and I swear I knew them before that!

13odesiama · November 2014

These are great!!! I was starting to feel really bad lately because of the things I've been forgetting or doing or not doing. There's so many I will just go with my latest. I was trying to turn the TV on for a good 3 or 4 minutes and it wasn't coming on. I''m yelling to DH that our TV is broken as he's walking up to ask why my car keeps beeping. Um duh..nope your car key isn't going to turn the TV on lol!

fitnhealthy1 · November 2014

I teach a college English course, and last week we were analyzing a poem. I kept calling a doe a baby deer. One student corrected me and was like, "A doe is a female deer. A fawn is a baby deer." It might not seem like a big deal, but imagine making a dumb mistake in front of 20 freshman. I was so embarrassed, because I must have repeated it about 10 times before he corrected me.

jeep1019 · November 2014

The other day I tried to put the lid of my daughters sippy cup on the milk. A few weeks ago I was going to my parents house for dinner. I told them I would bring a dish. Yeah I got half way there and realized I left the crock pot at home. I forget things daily!! Love reading all the other moms pregnant brain moments!!

squeezebean · November 2014

@ajzmommy‌ I'm so glad you coined the term "breast nipples". I think a lot of us are using it now!

elsiefaye · November 2014

Some of these are so awesome, I have to quit reading right now because I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

m+jwalter123 · November 2014

I ask my husband questions, or make a comment and by the time he replies I have to look at him and really think about what I asked. And usually by that time it's gone lol!
I've also been doing my husbands laundry for months now, every Sunday, but last night I could not put the badges on his uniform! I put the army tape and the name tape on opposite sides, and the unit patches completely wrong!
I went to get my hair cut, and I had this idea in my head of a cute mid length style, but as soon as I walked in I couldn't even remember what I was there for! I told the lady pedicure and my hubby had to correct me! To make it worse I then started crying when she asked me how I wanted it cut cause I couldn't remember what I had spent hours researching!

rosannewild · November 2014

My neighbors love seeing me "leave " for work every morning. This usually entails me going to the car, starting it, turning it off to go get something I forgot, going back to the car, backing down the drive, turning it off to go get something else I forgot, leaving the block to circle back around for the last thing I finally remembered I needed. I'm a display!!

FreddyisReady · November 2014

I keep forgetting my shower routine. I have to stop and run through a check list before I finish, did I wash my hair? Condition it? Wash my butt? I've had to turn the water back on a couple times because I forgot to wash something.

AliceKC9876 · November 2014

Last pregnancy I was craving a frostie so I headed to Wendy's. I went through the drive thru and it was the type that had 2 windows...one to pay at and one to pick up your food. I paid at the first window but totally forgot to stop at the second window to pick up my frostie...I didn't realize this until I was almost home and reached into the cup holder to take a bite. I was so embarrassed that I acted so dumb so I didn't go back, and I was pissed because I really wanted that frostie!

mellinw · November 2014

I have to stop myself in the middle of things that I'm doin and tell my self
" focus, get it together: now what was I doing"

tinyjoys · November 2014

AliceKC9876 said:

Last pregnancy I was craving a frostie so I headed to Wendy's. I went through the drive thru and it was the type that had 2 windows...one to pay at and one to pick up your food. I paid at the first window but totally forgot to stop at the second window to pick up my frostie...I didn't realize this until I was almost home and reached into the cup holder to take a bite. I was so embarrassed that I acted so dumb so I didn't go back, and I was pissed because I really wanted that frostie!

I did this at McDonalds before I was pregnant. I paid at the first window and then the second window handed us drinks, so I left. Without the food. I didn't notice for another 10 minutes until I passed a second McDonalds on my way to where I was going and my son asked for his burger.

Leslie186 · November 2014

We stayed in a hotel when we went to a concert. We went to the hotel, took our stuff in, and tried to check in. Turns out I took us to the wrong hotel. I had gotten it into my head we were staying at one when actually our reservation was at another one... Oops.

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