Preggo Brain

I thought pregnancy brain only happened when the baby was born and you lost sleep. Apparently I was confusing it with Baby Brain. Pregnancy Brain makes you forget how to function in everyday life while you are pregnant. It isn't from lack of sleep; the baby is taking all your smarts as it develops! (Not really, I just say that.) For anyone who has not experienced it before, or think it is total BS, I'm here to tell you it is a very, very real thing.

I've done the following since becoming pregnant:

• I've picked up a jar of spices that had fallen out of the cabinet only to immediately put it in the fridge.

• I can't add. 23+20 equals 63. I swear! This has not been good for my check book.

• I've put a box of crackers in the fridge. (Apparently everything goes in the fridge.)

• I've forgotten how to do everyday procedures at work. I can't be without one of my managers otherwise I feel like crying when I have a question about something I should already know. This happened during my first pregnancy and is part of the reason why my bosses were the second and third person I announced my pregnancy to.

• I can't talk. The other day I was regaling an event that had to do with blowing my nose. I said, "I blew my nose with my nose." When a co-worker asked me when I am due I responded with confidence, "March February." I realized after I said it that it didn't make sense, but it totally did at the time.

• The most entertaining thing I've done (so far) has been transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer and starting the washer instead of the dryer. I think a full hour went by before I questioned whether or not I started the dryer. I hadn't. Hubby had a good laugh when we realized what I had done. Luckily there were some other things that needed to be washed, otherwise I would have been mad at myself for wasting water.

I hope that when Little Guy is older he is an eloquently spoken math genius who knows exactly what does and does not belong in the fridge and can properly do his own laundry.

Despite all this, Hubby still counts on me for keeping him informed of what we have going on in our lives. Sometimes I'm amazed that I remember my way home from work, let alone the million and one things we have going on in our lives at the moment. I have learned to keep my calendar at home, my planner, the to-do list on my phone, and my phone's calendar up to date and check them constantly so I don't forget something. Maybe it's all just getting myself ready for when I have to keep Little Guy's life organized when he arrives.

Did Pregnancy Brain every affect you?