CAPSULE 001: MOM BRAIN

THE PHYSIOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND EMOTIONAL STATE IN WHICH A MOTHER DOES NOT FUNCTION AS HER "NORMAL" SELF. WE'RE DIVING DEEP INTO THE NEUROSCIENCE, HORMONAL, AND PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF THE STATE SOME OF US KNOW OH SO WELL. ENTER: MOM BRAIN

 
 
 

WHAT IS MOM BRAIN?

MOM BRAIN 101

FORGETFULLNESS? EMOTIONS ON OVERDRIVE? BRAIN FOG? YEAH THAT'S #MOMBRAIN.

Where Is My Mind?

Goodbye, Old Brain (LOL)

The hormones of pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding quite literally alter our brain's design. Fancy brain functions like verbal recall, memory, and social cognition all become less prioritized. The metamorphosis that is creation simply means that something "has to go" while your brain and body recover.
LOSS OF GRAY MATTER

THE SILVER LINING

CAAAAALM

A Mom Brain is an evolved* brain. It will never go back to what it was, but it has transformed into a brain that is able to stay calm during stressful situations, it recognizes what babies need based on sounds alone, and develops a heightened instict system that can sense potential danger in ways the pre-baby brain couldn't (AKA Momma Bear energy).
The research