Is it just me or since having a baby have you lost some of your memory?

Angel - posted on 03/15/2010

Trust me it's not just you, I find myself forgetting the smallest things sometimes even a few times a day. My fiance picks about it but he's pretty good about helping me keep things straight. It's easy for them to remember everything still they didn't have to be in labor for hours on end to make them forget lol. I'm sure he doesn't mean anything by it.

Sue - posted on 03/14/2010

This was my first symptom of my second pregnancy. I was like that during my first a little and for years afterward, but it was bad at the very beginning of the second pregnancy. I took a pregnancy test at 4 weeks - mainly because of the "baby brain". lol. Lasted the whole pregnancy and a while after. My son thought it was soooo funny.

Teresa - posted on 03/12/2010

this is a good one! its all me all the time! i bought a voice recorder and it works just fine.... until i forget where I set it down last.....lol

Lynn - posted on 03/12/2010

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La - posted on 03/12/2010

I was going to type a response but I forgot what I was going to say :)

Jasmine - posted on 03/11/2010

same here I guess over time we will get it back

Miriam - posted on 03/11/2010

Its like we have too much to do and to think about... always worrying about something...
totally normal!

Lorie - posted on 03/11/2010

Its not jsut you, I have been like that since my oldest was born 4 years ago and I still can't remember anything.

I think its just because we have so much going that its hard to keep up.

I now have one 4 a 20 mon old and 9 weeks old and I don't think it will ever go away.

Your just going to have to go with the flow. lol

good luck

Jenn - posted on 03/11/2010

I'm not sure that hormones would have much to do with memory, but the lack of sleep that comes with being a parent sure would!

Heather - posted on 03/11/2010

b4 baby for me i could remember everything for everyone , never wrote anything down, now 2 years after my baby has been here, my memory is almost gone, i guess its bc we have baby on our mind, and we think as long as the baby is happy, everything else is fine, hahaha. my husbands just laughs at me

LaCi - posted on 03/11/2010

I forget everything. Not that I remembered everything before i got pregnant... but now its 100x worse, seems to get a little worse everyday. I think it entertains my boyfriend though. I'm sure it will drive our son crazy when he's old enough to realize mommy has the attention span of a squirrel and the memory of a 98 year old woman.

Tania - posted on 03/10/2010

No memory for me either. I just received an email from one of my girlfriends saying she had to cancel our plans to go for coffee with another friend of ours. I completely forgot about it.
I even find myself saying the wrong words in sentences. I told my 13 year old to throw his laundry away instead of putting it away.

Tara - posted on 03/10/2010

It is true.. medically.. women tend to forget stuff the closer they get to their due date. Here is a website on it. http://www.med.wayne.edu/Scribe/scribe97...

Gabrielle - posted on 03/08/2010

i feel so much better now. i thought i was going crazy.

Sarah - posted on 03/08/2010

Sometimes I forget the names of simple items. One day it took me forever to think of the word "hand sanitizer." My poor brain lol

Geralyn - posted on 03/08/2010

Oh, most definitely... I thought that my memory might return after the pregnancy, but it hasn't.... And I ... I 'm sorry, what was your question?

Sharon - posted on 03/08/2010

...yep....my memory and my sanity. LOL

Tah - posted on 03/08/2010

my mind..but not memory..

Gwen - posted on 03/08/2010

oh yes! I think it has more to do with the fact that we are usually trying to do 15 things at the same time, which means we are bound to forget something!

Patricia - posted on 03/08/2010

Right after I had my first I started to forget things it started in the hospital!! I just chalked it up to motherhood. I have numerous calendars and sticky notes and now that the kids are older I tell them to remind me of things its awful but I am functioning just not like I was pre-children.

Barbora Milena - posted on 03/08/2010

i got the same problem but everybody keeps tellin me its normal, thats the hormones in the body makin mess...my daughter is 16wks n it happens to me often that i get to the shop n have no idea what i wanted in there...so thx god for shopping n to do lists...tryin to practice my brain by crosswords, sudoku n readin, but it doesnt seem to help

Lucy - posted on 03/08/2010

Ah, baby brain! I had two babies in two years, and my memory and organisational skills went out the window. It's a hormone thing, I'm afraid, but it will eventually improve. My youngest is two and a half now and I'm just about getting back to myself again!

Joanna - posted on 03/08/2010

It's called pregnancy brain, and I don't think it ever goes away!! I swear I've gotten stupider with each child!

Hillary - posted on 03/08/2010

It's not just you :D I had a practically eidetic memory before I got pregnant. Since I had my son it's gotten a little better, but nowhere near where it was before. Several books/articles I've read have said this is from hormonal changes, and there's nothing we can do about it except learn to laugh at ourselves :D