tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6961450165663799532..comments2024-03-29T06:50:50.543-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "Baby Brain"???Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-14906462401503502452013-11-13T17:43:54.693-06:002013-11-13T17:43:54.693-06:00I see it all the time at work. We have so many re...I see it all the time at work. We have so many residents rotating with us that we see over and over, multiple times during their 3 or 4 years of training. This means that I'll work with them when they are and are not pregnant (or are at various points during multiple pregnancies). Many of my nurses are also variously always pregnant.<br /><br />The general term we use at work is "placental steal". The baby is stealing mom's blood supply, nutrients, and oxygen from mom. I don't know that there's any specific one that makes it worse than all of the rest, but any pregnant or breastfeeding mother who fails to keep up on her supplements is going to be foggy, forgetful, and foolish.<br /><br />I just know that I have to keep an extra close eye on anyone I'm supervising who is pregnant or breastfeeding.pediemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062837495328074735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18473192179695586252013-11-13T12:12:48.139-06:002013-11-13T12:12:48.139-06:00In a real shocka, the joint organism of mother and...In a real shocka, the joint organism of mother and developing baby prioritizes the developing fetal brain and eyes, for which DHA is the primary structural fat.<br /><br />Without attention to dietary sources or supplementation during pregnancy AND breastfeeding, maternal DHA levels are depleted by successive pregnancies.<br /><br />The essential fatty acid story is pretty important. It looks as though the ratio between omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids is a much better predictor of cardiovascular risk than cholesterol. Peter Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2650883566706697802013-11-13T09:54:40.789-06:002013-11-13T09:54:40.789-06:00My wife went through it four times, and it was dif...My wife went through it four times, and it was different each time. It changed in intensity (the girls were worse, but the boys' lasted longer, IIRC) but the symptoms were the same as described. She was forgetful (something my wife has never been!) and often in a fog. She cried at the stupidest things, and her energy levels changed all the time. One day she'd be cleaning out the bathrooms and the kitchen and the crawl space and the next she'd want to do nothing and hide in bed.<br /><br />She always blamed it on hormonal changes that happen with the baby, and the doula that taught the lamaze class warned all of us this was coming.<br /><br />The one thing I clearly remember about the class was the doula telling us every pregnancy is different, just like every person is different. What YOU experience during your pregnancy will be different from what other women experience during their pregnancies. There will be similarities, such as morning sickness, and cravings, but there will be differences that are unique to you. Just because your mom had really terrible morning sickness with her boys, doesn't mean you will, nor will it mean you are having a boy just because you are having terrible morning sickness.<br /><br />All I know is my wife is an amazing woman, having gone through it four times, and she's still willing to go through it again, should the circumstances allow it.Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55377853677571305922013-11-13T07:09:12.999-06:002013-11-13T07:09:12.999-06:00@MichigammeDave: Perhaps it's not chemotherap...@MichigammeDave: Perhaps it's not chemotherapy. Perhaps you're pregnant.<br /><br />:-)<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31185211450126710142013-11-13T05:36:20.158-06:002013-11-13T05:36:20.158-06:00Interesting. I used the same analogy (Alzheimer...Interesting. I used the same analogy (Alzheimer's) to describe "chemo brain," which makes me less than effective while undergoing chemotherapy. Wonder if the natural changes have the same effect as my artificial ones? Sure sounds like the same stuff to me!<br />MichigammeDaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18025341784973799302013-11-13T01:55:14.665-06:002013-11-13T01:55:14.665-06:00"Baby Brain" has to be a misogynist frau..."Baby Brain" has to be a misogynist fraud perpetrated by penis-bearing rednecks because <i>Women</i>. <br /><br />Everyone knows women are the smartest beings on the planet, right after King Obama, and even if Baby Brain were true, women have so much more smart than any other gender any loss of brain capacity is nature's way of keeping them only twice as smart as men. <br /><br />If you don't believe me, ask anyone at the New York Times or Washington Post (extra points for starting with Richard Cohen). Or watch any 3 evenings of television sitcoms and the Oprah rerun of your choice (which reminds me, anyone seen Sally Jessie Rafael? I have a recipe she said she wanted.....)Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22516831710179505722013-11-12T19:59:51.084-06:002013-11-12T19:59:51.084-06:00100% true. It was so frustrating. I knew that I wa...100% true. It was so frustrating. I knew that I was impaired. I just couldn't do anything about it. It was like living in a fog. Most people are jealous of my easy pregnancy. No morning sickness, very little weight gain. But if the baby brain thing gets worse with subsequent pregnancies, I'm glad I just had one.Jenniferhttp://injennifershead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53151602701327539272013-11-12T17:25:02.333-06:002013-11-12T17:25:02.333-06:00My wife suffered with this sort of thing during he...My wife suffered with this sort of thing during her pregnancies. After the kids were grown and gone she started to have more and more instances and eventually almost always, these sort of issues. After a LOT of testing, she was diagnosed with Graves Disease, hyper-Thyroid. I would suspect that the over action of the Thyroid during the pregnancies has some thing to do with the whole. Hormone swings are huge, and even with her thyroid dead and on medications, pri-menopuase has been a real ride! Baby brain all over again...<br /><br />Cruachan!<br /><br />Highlnader Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10544917666780096472013-11-12T16:23:35.475-06:002013-11-12T16:23:35.475-06:00Jennifer was a loon when she was pregnant, and muc...Jennifer was a loon when she was pregnant, and much of her behavior matches the symptoms mentioned here, although she was never diagnosed with anything. Honestly, it's refreshing to see any kind of explanation for her difficulty while expecting. It was particularly bad during her third trimester when she became extremely forgetful, lethargic, and emotional.Evyl Robot Michaelhttp://evylrobot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-92009822183011750472013-11-12T14:21:00.908-06:002013-11-12T14:21:00.908-06:00Honestly never heard of that one...Honestly never heard of that one...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com