#4 I Am A Menace To Society. My Dumb Pregnancy Brain Accidentally Ordered My Husband A Burrito With No Tortilla
Another phenomenon many women experience during pregnancy is “pregnancy brain” or “baby brain”. This refers to the increased forgetfulness, lack of concentration, disorientation, absentmindedness and clumsiness that pregnant women often report feeling. Baby brain can encompass anything from leaving your cell phone in the freezer by accident to obliterating your dinner after forgetting you put it in the oven. While there is not one concrete explanation for pregnancy brain, up to 81% of pregnant women do cite experiencing it to some degree, wrote Colleen de Bellefonds for BabyCenter. Similar to affected eating habits during pregnancy, hormones, stress and anxiety can all play a role in this brain fog. Trouble sleeping may be a significant factor as well. “More than half of women report insomnia and other sleep problems during pregnancy,” wrote Bellefonds. “A consistent lack of sleep has been shown to impact cognitive functions and memory,” she also shared. It’s fun to giggle at all of the silly behaviors caused by baby brain, but remember, these mothers are trying their best!