ASK: Is pregnancy brain really a thing? Is it normal?

Midwife Kristen Hall, RN, MSN, CNM provides insight about if pregnancy brain is real and what it can look like due to hormones and other factors.

Kristen Hall, RN, MSN, CNM

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Is Pregnancy Brain Real?

Pregnancy brain is so a thing. Nobody really knows what or why or how. For every woman, they get affected a little bit differently. It can be just a combination of hormones that come along with the pregnancy. The life transitions. Baby brain for you might mean you left the refrigerator open for three hours at a time, or you’re speaking and you jumble your words and can’t think about what you were trying to say, or you forget what you had for lunch. And a lot of mamas tend to say it translates then into new mommy brain as well. So totally normal. You’re not alone. All women experienced this to some extent.