Pregnancy Brain

housewifehobbyist · February 2016

I know it's early, but anyone else have this starting already?

In the past 24 hours I have: left work at 5:00 because I forgot I changed my schedule to 10-6 a month ago, put my contact solution back in the shower instead of my face wash, tried to make coffee without adding the beans, and this morning I grabbed my umbrella instead of my sunglasses. I swear I am not usually this scatterbrained!

katiegeminimoon · February 2016

Ugh, me! I almost washed my body with conditioner this morning, among many other things this last week or so. This is going to be a long 9 months

kateleap · February 2016

I'm with you!! I don't have any funny swaps but I did forget to put my engagement and wedding rings on this morning for the first time ever (in almost six years of marriage), and I've just been a little mess focus-wise. Plus, I keep having conversations with DH that don't make any sense and that I don't even remember--apparently after about 7pm my brain is asleep even if my eyes are open!

MRSCORKER · February 2016

I went to Dunkin this morning like I always do except after I left, I couldn't remember if I ordered a medium decaf black or just asked for a medium black. I ended up stopping at a different dunkin, throwing it out and ordering a new one just in case. Definitely ended up late to work.

kmtz89 · February 2016

my brain is all over the place. Constantly entering a room/forgetting why I went in there. Putting something down to do something and them forgetting where I put it. Sentence structure fails/mixing English and Swahili (though I can blame that partially on language learning)

Michi1382 · February 2016

This morning I put the milk in the cabinet and was about to put the cereal in the refrigerator when I was like, "Wait....no."

JujuB22 · February 2016

I've left my work lunches at home almost every day for the past week. I pack them, then leave them on the counter or put the food back in the fridge.

JamieK1882 · February 2016

Yes! I also keep forgetting conversations I've had or repeating stories or just forgetting random things in general. My planner is my best friend right now.

PeggyOlsonFTW · February 2016

I can never ever remember if I've taken my prenatals. I've brought people to the wrong table at work, forgotten to bring drink menus or kids menus, forgotten to bring sneakers to the gym and my personal favorite: when I was pregnant with DS, I ruined two silicone vegetable steamers because I forgot to put water in the pot. Twice.

Kaytee1087 · February 2016

OMG PG Brain is the bane of my existence right now! I'm just making stupid mistakes at work (like sending documents to the wrong customer, which was fun...). Also, starting conversations I forget to finish and just overall feeling not present mentally whatsoever. It's really fun at work because nobody knows yet, so it just seems like I'm super out of it all the time lately lol.

MzOro82214 · February 2016

This is the first pregnancy (I'm on #7) where this has started happening. I feel like a complete dunce and I remind myself to focus more, lol! Like @ktcakes87 said, it's going to be a long 9 mos! LOL!

melm90 · February 2016

I've put my pants on backwards three times in the past week

luckily noticed before leaving the house.

lmno304 · February 2016

I'm really struggling! Only 5 weeks and I can't concentrate on anything to save my life! I get where I'm going and forget why I'm there!

SuperKristy85 · February 2016

@PeggyOlsonFTW Ihad to buy one of those days of the week pill containers and I put a prenatal in each day that way when I forget, I can just see if the pill is in there or not.

itravelsize · February 2016

Talk about pregnancy brain I spent all day thinking today was Friday. There was a helicopter crash and I was so annoyed that a FB post said it had happened Thursday. Well big surprise it is Thursday silly

ammiddleton3 · February 2016

I went from Pregnancy brain with DS, to Mom brain, back to Pregnancy Brain. I seriously feel like I don't have a brain some days. I will be talking to somebody and forget what I'm talking about mid sentence, or forget what I'm doing, can't think straight. It is so frustrating!

skyemarie09 · February 2016

Yes!! It was the worst when I was driving so my husband cut me off, I couldn't focus on driving for some reason and I tried to turn left when I had a green light instead of a green arrow and I almost got tboned. It has not been fun lol I forget what I'm trying to say or what I'm doing a lot too.

alysie89 · February 2016

I get it really bad later on, my husband usually bans me from driving when I 7.5 to 8 months along other than to the grocery store because that's close by. Lately I've just been loosing basic things like the cup of tea I just made. It's really frustrating.

Tara0604 · February 2016

I was getting milk for our son and had our cordless house phone in my hand. I put it down in the refrigerator to pour the milk, put the milk back and closed the door. Yea, that was fun trying to figure out where the phone was when it rang again.

cowinapartyhat · February 2016

Early but yes I've had awful pregnancy brain. I have already called at least 3 people and promptly forgotten why I dialed in the first place. I ordered a pizza the other night and forgot my own name when asked for it. And, the biggest of all, I sent my boss the wrong email about some leave I wanted to take and when he brought it up I told him to his face that I was right and he was wrong. Well, he printed it out and showed me that I was, most certainly, wrong. Lucky for me he's understanding!

styler91 · February 2016

Im getting Pregnancy brain too... yesterday, I put on my shirt inside out AND backwards... the tag was right under my chin and i didn't notice it until an hour later.
yupp.... fun times.

waitingforkiwi · February 2016

So glad to find this is a normal pregnancy thing - I thought I was losing my mind. Usually it is my DH who needs help finding his personal belongings and always right before we head out the door - it's pretty bad. I usually know where everything in the house is - down to even which papers are in a particular pile.

Thursday last week I set my phone down five times during the morning rush and had issues finding it each time. DH was delighted.

bethashli · February 2016

To be honest, I have a tendency to try to do all the things at the same time and get a little scattered normally. Add pregnancy and it's just ridiculous. I went to the kitchen 4 separate times tonight to get a glass of water... no idea what I did in there but sure didn't get a drink. My DH is constantly sighing at me and trying his best to help me be focused but I'm pretty sure I am a lost cause for the next few months! I think we'll handle it ok but my pup is probably frustrated that I keep walking around the house with his food and setting it on random surfaces other than the floor where he could reach it.

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