For the mothers............

[Quoi]

When you had your children did your brain turn to slush?

[Louisa 69]

LOL Quoi, no it was only when i met my fiance that it happened :)))

[Huderon]

lol ... Not being a female-type person I can only answer indirectly :-) Yes my wife's brain did get a bit mushy when she was pregnant.

[ethandron]

oh yes. and then it dissolves completely when you hit menopause, so that's something to look forward to!!

[natalie_1982]

Hi Quoi, I am 7 months pregnant and noticed the change in my slushy brain dramatically. I guess it is all downhill from here. My mum and aunties have said that this happened to them too from pregnancy,so before having children!

I used to be organised and meticulous, had excellent memory and a brain like a calculator. Now, alas, you are right and it is just slush. I have trouble remembering words, what they mean and what day it is :-(

[redcrx]

it does get a bit blurry around the edges yes lol

The problem is that it doesnt recover after child birth as i always thought, so second pregnancy is even tougher than the first lol

[shirleyc1941]

Maybe whilst I was pregnant. After 3 childen I decided that I had a brain and should use it. Having brought those three up virtually alone, use of my brain was essential. Now with several grandchildren and those three children in stable healthy relationships, I look back and actually congratulate myself on this success. I went from being a bullied wife to a clerical manageress. I retired three years ago and now live in France with another business to run (and a new husband of course) Get thinking and make your life worthwhile. Once those kids are out of nappies go do your own thing.

[redcrx]

shirley, I dont think anyone said their life wasnt worthwhile lol

Im a company director for a start so havnt let my mind go completely ta :)

[shirleyc1941]

forgive me if It came out wrong... What I am saying is that there is no connection with having children and brains turning to slush. If there is a brain just use it.

[Lil O'lady]

No...ummm..tuesday...umm..what was the question dear?

[annie0000]

Absolutely - and I agree it never comes back again in entirely the same fashion, but the brain is adaptable and you learn to cope. My memory and ability to think is not as sharp as it was, but I use other ways of ensuring that I don't come across as a complete idiot!

[Goodsoulette]

It really did but I was like it for months and months after but I think as I was up every 2 hours breastfeeding my son it was down to tiredness.

My aunt had proper amnesia several times through her most recent pregnancy. She would be in the middle of a conversation and only remember things pre 1989. She and I also fell asleep on the sofa and she woke up shouting "oh my god, its 8 o clock" now as we dozed off at about 3 I thought she meant 8 pm. She went running upstairs to get her kids ready for school, as it turns out she meant the morning and I wondered around with her newborn dazed and confused, looked at the clock, it was 10 past 3. It took me a couple of minutes to get this to register in her head.

[sympster]

yep I think it's technical term is 'baby brain'!!