Something bizarre happens to one's brain when pregnant. I call it "pregnancy brain".
Pregnancy brain is an awkward state to be in, at best, and a dangerous one, at worst. I find myself hovering close to the worst case scenario as I try to grapple with teaching and grad school in this state of brain dysfunction.
For those of you who've never experienced pregnancy brain, here are a few symptoms:
*transposing letters in words
example: "blightlub"
translation: "lightbulb"
*name switches
example: I've been calling my sister Kaylan and my daughter Kim
problem: My sister is actually Kim and my daughter Kaylan
most disturbing example: Calling my husband "mom" and my mom "honey"
problem: obvious
*a loss of basic vocabulary
example: "Would you hand me the ______ (pointing feverishly at a fork)?"
translation: "Would you hand me the fork?"
*complete, unadulterated, nonsensical brain farts
example: I say, "Do you have the stapler?"
I mean, "Do you know what time it is?"
problem: Not only do I not get what I need, no one believes me when I
re-state my request. I hear something like,
"You meant what? That's not even close. That doesn't
even make sense!"
3 comments:
yea, i noticed on your first bloggymabob you said "and i would like to here all you guys are doing blah blah" and you needed to say "HEAR". So yea. I believe you.
Mandee,
Rest assured, you've already wowed all of us who truly love you. Meanwhile, when you ask for something, we'll continue to hand you things and be called whatever you'd like to call us until a smile warms your face.
Mandee, i know exactly what you are talking about. My problem is that that pregnancy brain symtom stayed with me afterwords.
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