WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING?

Pregnancy brain. Is this for real or am I just going nuts?

About a month ago, I read a thought-provoking article about pregnancy brain. The article stated that there is no scientific evidence to prove that this condition actually exists. The conclusion was that pregnancy forgetfulness is due to exhaustion.

At first I must admit that my feelings were hurt. I was convinced that I had pregnancy brain. I have literally forgotten words like “banana” and can’t recall entire conversations, what day of the week it is and so on. But scientific evidence doesn’t lie right? This is why I watch CSI, because scientific evidence is the end all be all…they catch murderers this way people!

As the minutes went by I started to soften to the article. Of course I’m exhausted. I am growing a human being here. Sounds good to me. I closed the magazine and moved on with my life…so I thought.

As I arose this morning, I got up and went about my normal morning routine. I filled my beautiful Martha Stewart kettle with water and set it over the stove as I pondered what I would eat for the most important meal of the day.

Ah, cottage cheese, now that is a nice alternative from my normal bowl of cereal. As I filled my bowl with delicious cottage cheese my mind was completely at ease, not a stress in the world (no exhaustion here). I cut strawberries and poured my now boiling hot water over a tea bag into my favorite mug.

As I walked over to the computer to check my email there were no signs of the imaginary “pregnancy brain”. You can’t fool me! I have science in my corner now.

I drank my tea and picked at my breakfast while I returned emails. Then I decided that I had time to check Facebook, (yes, I’ll admit it, I have Facebook). I gracefully guided my computer mouse to the address bar on my homepage, as I do every day and typed the name of the webpage that I would have liked to visit. Except that when I looked up at the address bar I did not see “facebook” as I had expected. Instead I read the words “cottage cheese”.

This made me question myself. How did I ever graduate college? What is wrong with me?

And then, as a hormonal pregnant woman will do, I was on attack. I turned on the article. Scientific evidence?! Oh blah! Then I decided that the article was most likely written by a man, or possibly a woman who has never been pregnant before. Who would write that stupid article anyway?

So I’ve decided that I’m going to disagree with so called scientific evidence for once. The truth is that I experience pregnancy brain. Almost daily actually and I’m convinced that I did not lose things and forget conversations before I was pregnant.

Scientific evidence or not…pregnancy brain exists! Any article that will tell you otherwise is just a bunch of cottage cheese!!