Why Pregnancy Makes You Forgetful... but Helps Your Baby

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2018
  • Baby brain, pregnancy brain, momnesia-the fogginess that can appear during pregnancy goes by many names, but memory loss is only one of the changes that occurs while the brain prepares for an upcoming baby.
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Комментарии • 245

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +248

    I'm sometimes forgetful, but I've never been pregnant. At least... unless I forgot about it! 0_0

    • @gravijta936
      @gravijta936 6 лет назад +6

      ...I forgot what I was going to say.

    • @gabefloyd7768
      @gabefloyd7768 6 лет назад +1

      What? lol, I imagine a bunch of crushed babies underneath the covers of your bed that you never noticed, or they crawled under the bed and formed a giant baby blob.

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +4

      Gravijta
      Probably something about chickens ;) Why have you been commenting so much about chickens? Don't get me wrong, I clucking love it. Just curious...

    • @gravijta936
      @gravijta936 6 лет назад +5

      Master Therion
      It started with a simple "tastes like chicken joke", but now me and my bird brain are haunted by a poultry-geist. I'll admit, some videos are eggstremely difficult to relate to chickens. :-)

    • @mercury6800
      @mercury6800 6 лет назад

      Mom or dad i can’t remember but I am your son don’t you remember

  • @bluon259
    @bluon259 6 лет назад +61

    When my mom gave birth, she had to immediately go to work 5 days later at Walmart (Because we were poor). She has told me stories about how forgetful she was at work and that it mysteriously went away three weeks later. We didn’t know what it was until now lol

  • @dorab2402
    @dorab2402 2 года назад +20

    This was the first symptom of pregnancy that I experienced. I didn’t find out I was pregnant until I was 7.5 weeks along. Before I found out, I thought I was developing early onset dementia. 😭

  • @CurCoGvillAR
    @CurCoGvillAR 6 лет назад +27

    Maybe it's nature's way to help a mother forget a lot of the pain of childbirth (or at least some of the most painful parts of it) to increase the odds that she would not stop at just one kid.

  • @silverandexact
    @silverandexact 6 лет назад +66

    I'd be interested to see a study comparing first-time mothers who gave birth to their children versus first-time mothers who adopted or had someone else carry their baby. I imagine mothers who didn't go through pregnancy would also have some change neurologically.

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 6 лет назад +20

      Shea Pierson Their changes would likely be closer to "dad brain". There are still changes, but not as extreme.

    • @jdhutchinson506
      @jdhutchinson506 5 лет назад +11

      they included that in the cited 2016 study, there were no changes in the adoptive mother's brains.

  • @VikiAngel030
    @VikiAngel030 4 года назад +9

    I can’t even string a sentence together at the moment. It’s driving my husband mad 😂

    • @jamjr1972
      @jamjr1972 4 года назад +1

      Do you talk out of your head sometimes....my girlfriend says strange things like get the moon out the dryer. I bust out laughing and she does too after she realize what she'd said, but I wonder if that's normal

  • @andrineslife
    @andrineslife 6 лет назад +77

    I just wrote a 50 page academic paper with a mom who gave birth midway through our paper. Thank god this is real, it was so frustrating at times and it wasn't even my brain. Damn you're amazing moms!

  • @ashi_no_ko
    @ashi_no_ko 6 лет назад +32

    That's the second video which made me think that someone should write a horror story about pregnancy.

    • @ReginaFera
      @ReginaFera 6 лет назад +7

      That's basically the movie Alien. : P

    • @franciscodetonne4797
      @franciscodetonne4797 6 лет назад +2

      + ReginaFera
      Hate to admit it, but it's mostly true

    • @dontmindme3489
      @dontmindme3489 6 лет назад

      Rosemary’s Baby. That’s the original horror film about pregnancy

  • @veta0104
    @veta0104 6 лет назад +22

    28 weeks pregnant and can confirm this lol. I thought it was an old tale women tell, pretty cool and also terrifying the more I learn about what baby is doing to me

    • @naominatural79
      @naominatural79 3 года назад +3

      I'm 27 weeks and I'm going through the same thing. It's not a joke. I wanted to start back classes asap after having my baby but I am having second thoughts if this does not go away early.

    • @keshaheeralal7263
      @keshaheeralal7263 Год назад

      I literally freak out every day

  • @arynheath2381
    @arynheath2381 6 лет назад +11

    I'm currently pregnant I my second and I can a) vouch for the memory loss and b) vouch that it can last forever. 😭 I'm such an intelligent person when I'm not growing another human!! 😂

  • @lindaandres5810
    @lindaandres5810 4 года назад +4

    I'm 25 weeks and this explains me PERFECTLY

  • @boricuamom87
    @boricuamom87 6 лет назад +8

    My baby is 12 months old and i definitely still have baby brain. Today i was talking with an old friend and my words were all mumble jumble during the entire conversation and I was thinking what is going on? Hoping they didnt notice.

  • @TheGFeather
    @TheGFeather 6 лет назад +15

    Yet another TERRIFYING aspect of pregnancy/parenthood.

  • @marilynlucero9363
    @marilynlucero9363 6 лет назад +33

    Fun story... I have always been forgetful, truly forgetful about most thing.
    Where I lived a superior always worked and she was the most orderly of all, never forgot 1 thing....until she got pregnant. She became as forgetful as I am naturally.
    From that moment on my housemates at the time teased me that I had chronic pregnancy dementia xD (One group later my terrible memory was noticed too and I got the nickname Alzheimer Light)

    • @celinak5062
      @celinak5062 6 лет назад +2

      Fross Fairy too much norepinephrine? 2:31

    • @marilynlucero9363
      @marilynlucero9363 6 лет назад +2

      @Celina k Who knows, thought I'd read up on all the details of norapinephrine that we've already figured out and I wouldn't be surprised if you're right with that assumption.
      Great guess you made.

    • @hakunamatata1352
      @hakunamatata1352 6 лет назад +1

      Fross Fairy check out Nutrition facts here on RUclips. He has a few videos on memory. Maybe saffron and some diet changes can fix your problem?

    • @marilynlucero9363
      @marilynlucero9363 6 лет назад

      @Jenny Johnsson I'm certain nutrition isn't a problem for me. haven't been sick for 16 years. So when I find something that works on poking around with the organic chemicals in my brain, I rather prefer to keep bacterial soup in my stomach the way it is. Thnx for the help anyway.

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube 6 лет назад +82

    Did they subject the non-parents to extreme sleep deprivation?

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 6 лет назад +18

      Sam That's definitely a factor.

    • @SayHelloHelli
      @SayHelloHelli 6 лет назад +8

      Gotta eliminate those variables

    • @mattiasselin4955
      @mattiasselin4955 6 лет назад +15

      Sam I was thinking the same thing! Having just become a father I've experienced being woken up every 2-3 hours. Every night. For 8 months. EVERY NIGHT!

    • @Sam_on_YouTube
      @Sam_on_YouTube 6 лет назад +9

      Mattias Selin Count yourself lucky. I have twins. For the first month, my wife and I slept in shifts, 3 hours a night each.

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад +7

      I feel for all you parents out there, both mums and dads - keep on keeping on!

  • @THETRIVIALTHINGS
    @THETRIVIALTHINGS 6 лет назад +19

    "Can you repeat that back to me?"
    *Me trying to repeat it.
    *Hank just continues like he doesn't care.
    #Feelingshurt

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад +7

    It really is astounding the amount of change the female body goes through before/during/after pregnancy. It’s really a complete transformation in parts. Nature...you done out done yourself! 🌿Would love to hear if anyone watching this video has experienced ‘momnesia’! What was it like?

    • @brenda136661
      @brenda136661 3 года назад +4

      As a writer I can tell you it’s heartbreaking and an absolute nightmare. Especially since there are no answers as to when it will end. I feel stupid most days.

  • @taythree5549
    @taythree5549 6 лет назад +30

    Weather Cherry snacks cousin boat chair? Edit: where the heck did I get chair from?

    • @juliaprohaska9295
      @juliaprohaska9295 6 лет назад

      Chibi Blaziken
      You're goooooood👏👏

    • @taythree5549
      @taythree5549 6 лет назад

      Looking back on it again they're not even in the same order lol

    • @galaxi6585
      @galaxi6585 6 лет назад

      Maybe you got chair from cherry.
      Weather snacks cousin cherry floor boats?

  • @VLoveTarot
    @VLoveTarot 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the explanation!

  • @WingTigress
    @WingTigress 6 лет назад +4

    I had my dissertation during my third trimester and it was horrible, because I had so much trouble remembering my presentation even though I had presented bits and pieces of it before just fine.

  • @jangambler9998
    @jangambler9998 6 лет назад

    SciShow, what did you do to my suggested-feed!? Why!? I trusted you...

  • @mcsmaria28
    @mcsmaria28 6 лет назад +7

    Well, as a 23 week pregnant lady, at least I’m not going completely insane. Just blame any forgetfulness on bAby. Lol

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад

      "Babies, blame them for stuff" is a saying I can get behind!

  • @protohale
    @protohale 2 года назад +1

    Many pregnant people experience memory loss that can last for years after the pregnancy ends. Pregnancy brain is a measurable phenomenon that affects memory in a very specific way. Studies show that it can cause sleepiness, fatigue, dips in attention and slower processing speeds. It can also make it harder to form certain types of memories, like those that require effortful processing. A 2016 study looked at the brains of 25 women who got pregnant for the first time, and compared them to those of men who weren't.
    A new study has found that during pregnancy, women's brains lose a lot of gray matter. This decrease in volume had a correlation with memory loss, but it was also linked to an increase in sensitivity to emotional cues from the baby and emotional attachment. Those changes can last at least two years after childbirth, and scientists don't know how long it takes for the brain to get back to pre-pregnancy volumes.

  • @busisiwe2566
    @busisiwe2566 5 лет назад +1

    So i searched for pregnancy memory loss - which led me to this video. I' m on my second trimester, baby number 3. Lunch time I bought a meal with two pieces of chicken at the canteen at work, went to microwave the food then as i was about to take a bite noticed one piece of my chicken had already been bitten. stormed to the canteen to complain - as the ladies were trying to figure out what happened as they prepared to give me another piece I remembered I'm the one who took a bite - then realised it's cold, which led me to the microwave. I cried bitterly from frustration & embarrassment & probably pregnancy hormones . Glad this is my last child & hope my brain starts working 100% again soon as I pop,.

    • @MegAlicePenn
      @MegAlicePenn Месяц назад

      😭😅 I laughed until I cried reading your comment. I’m still laughing. Love it!

  • @ashkore2468
    @ashkore2468 6 лет назад +13

    I hope I never get pregnant or, at this rate, I'll forget were my house is

  • @Gayfrogscollective
    @Gayfrogscollective 6 лет назад +89

    I don't think I could handle being biologically female. I often refer to it as "hard mode", but additional tidbits like this make it seem more difficult all the time.
    Being male is a cakewalk, particularly so if you don't let yourself be bound by chains of gender expectations.

    • @silverandexact
      @silverandexact 6 лет назад +27

      Aerolite08 Hell yeah, ditch toxic masculinity and you get the male benefits without the bad stuff!

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 6 лет назад +3

      Aerolite08 , much love brother!

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 6 лет назад +9

      I'm sure there are difficulties for everyone, shirking the chains of traditional gender expression can come with undeserved consequences from the shallow minded society. Though yeah, biological female-ness probably comes with more physical hurdles, i try to believe we've all got a bunch of stuff to overcome regardless.
      Keep being awesome 💕

    • @franciscodetonne4797
      @franciscodetonne4797 6 лет назад +3

      I've always respected women (not all of them, there's always an exception(s) to any rule)
      I mean, with all that biological... features that hinder their daily life.
      Pregnancy, though, is the best blessing and the roughest burden.
      PS. Being male is easy imo, even if he is homosexual. Lesbian couples have to do *more* , _if you know what I mean_

    • @abdulazizrushdi9154
      @abdulazizrushdi9154 6 лет назад +5

      I m not sure about this.....
      I ve always seen females who at the end of the pregnancy or after it say that they ll miss the experience, meaning it is a good one.
      Besides, by that logic, then a female who decides to not get pregnant will also have a "cakewalk", and have all the female benefits without the bad stuff :/

  • @tropezando
    @tropezando 6 лет назад

    This is really interesting. So many health conditions affect the brain in significant ways, but it doesn't seem like anyone talks about it. When I was on dialysis, I had concentration and memory problems like this (for different reasons). I wish doctors would tell their patients about these kinds of things before they became an issue.

  • @PWNAGE703
    @PWNAGE703 6 лет назад +13

    My theory is that the giant raise in prolactin levels (which is responsible for regulating dopamine release and receptor sensitivity) decreases intraneuronal dopamine release and this causes the marked decrease in memory and cognition bc dopamine is partially responsible for memory formation And especially for attention. Anyways I have no idea how scientifically accurate this is but I'd love to hear others theory's on it

  • @joanazacatenco7945
    @joanazacatenco7945 4 месяца назад

    This is so true! I thought there was something wrong with me. My baby is 16 months and I am slowly getting my memory back. It is very frustrating 😞

  • @ambrennan8i
    @ambrennan8i 6 лет назад +22

    Currently in my second trimester with #3. Mom brain is in full swing. This time seems much worse. I wonder if age has any impact on it as well.

    • @angi7717
      @angi7717 6 лет назад +6

      Allie Brennan congratulations! I've always said mom brain is a real phenomenon. I actually forgot how to open a door when I was pregnant with my first. I was trying to pull and thought the drs office locked me out. I went to ask a receptionist in a different office why they were closed. She looked at me with pity and pushed the door open. I felt like the biggest dummy alive.

    • @ambrennan8i
      @ambrennan8i 6 лет назад +4

      angi o Thank you!
      This time around I just feel like a space cadet. I forget anything and everything. Never been an issue before. I just seem to forget the most basic things. It drives me crazy! The only bright side is I get a ton more steps in every day courtesy of having to back track constantly LOL

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 6 лет назад +3

      I'd be interested to see research about the age facet too. I was 30 when I had my son, and the mom brain struggle was huge.

    • @ambrennan8i
      @ambrennan8i 6 лет назад +4

      Bethany Lade I'm 29 this time around. Didn't seem too bad when I was 20 & 23.

    • @AllegrettoATempo
      @AllegrettoATempo 6 лет назад +4

      A researcher presenting this type of work at my university a few years ago indicated that the 'mom brain' effects tend to be more severe and longer lasting with each subsequent pregnancy, but I don't remember whether her analysis did anything to account for maternal age

  • @LeonardGreenpaw
    @LeonardGreenpaw 6 лет назад +1

    I totally recalled that whole list :D

  • @miraclesamuel4568
    @miraclesamuel4568 5 лет назад +1

    Lol.....I thought it was only me . Thank God am not alone

  • @skyeyoung3613
    @skyeyoung3613 10 месяцев назад

    Just watched this video and can’t retain any of the info he just gave 😂

  • @Nokss87
    @Nokss87 2 года назад +1

    Sometimes I wake up from sleep and forget I'm pregnant and get shocked 😲in the morning 😄😁🤣

  • @RiedlerMusics
    @RiedlerMusics 6 лет назад +1

    Why pregnancy helps your baby.
    Applause.

  • @themindstream
    @themindstream 6 лет назад

    Hi, don't know if there's a better place to put episode suggestions. I'd be interested in seeing an episode about nutrition and brain function and whether claims of supplementing certain vitamins and minerals have any backing by research. I'm particularly interested in those said to help with stress/anxiety and mood regulation. There's a lot of claims and they make the science hard to find.
    You could probably get another episode out of covering the claims of herbal supplements too; ginko biloba, siberian ginseng, kava, valerian, chamomile...

  • @coughdrop01
    @coughdrop01 6 лет назад

    my mom always talks about the first sign that she was pregnant with me was she picked up a friend to go to the movies and then drove to the grocery store.

  • @megan5867
    @megan5867 2 года назад +1

    With my first child, I recovered from mom brain within a year (at 26 yo). With my second, I had her at 31, and 5 years later, I still don't feel like I've fully recovered, although it's definitely (very slowly) gotten better. I wonder if amount of children or age have any effects?

  • @thisaccountisdead9060
    @thisaccountisdead9060 6 лет назад

    Pregnancy also effects GnRH (gonadotrphin releasing hormone) neuron count and GnRH output. As GnRH is also related to status in a hierarchy it is difficult to say whether because of the way we view pregnancy this has an effect on a person's status and effects their GnRH output. Confusion also comes from increased GnRH output during pregancy from the developing baby. This could be a source of post-natal depression though?

  • @evem6154
    @evem6154 4 года назад +4

    I had that with all three kids. I guess it's because pain birth is one of the most painful things in the world and often pretty traumatic and we don't have heats, so no sure way to ensure we reproduce, especially with how terrible birth is. So I would say it's to make us forget how shitty birth is, so we are more likely to have another pregnancy.
    With every kid I would wonder why I had sworn to not have another kid, I mean they are adorable. And surely birth wasn't that bad? And then I would be in labor, curse everything and swear to not have another baby again. The last time stuck, though.

    • @CIorox_BIeach
      @CIorox_BIeach Год назад +1

      That's for disturbed births, tho. Unassisted births, from what I'm told, are frequently not bad at all. Mom gave birth in the house to my 3 younger siblings, after a c section for me, and I don't recall a bunch of yelling. She says it was fine.

  • @gemmydoadance1593
    @gemmydoadance1593 6 лет назад +1

    this definitely happened to me, I think I might have had it for about two years after I gave birth to my son.

  • @jeraflare4355
    @jeraflare4355 6 лет назад +10

    If birth control is hormone based could that affect memory too? And what about the fact that you don't use it consistently for ~9 months?

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 6 лет назад

      Phantasticaeaspici X Hormonal BC manipulates your cycle. Pregnancy changes are a lot more varied.

    • @TheSheepMeep
      @TheSheepMeep 6 лет назад +5

      Don't most pills alter at least one of those two hormones to some extent, to trick the body into thinking it's pregnant?
      The idea can't be quite written off immediately, in my opinion...
      Scary thought though.

  • @loginviolette1986
    @loginviolette1986 2 года назад

    Im a server at a popular restaurant in town. My manager fired me because I was late to a shift one time and forgot to greet a table at the end of an eight hour shift on a Saturday night with no break. I was in my third trimester in tears in her office (she's a mother of 3) saying please don't fire me I just have pregnancy brain and I'm exhausted. She didn't care and fired me a week before Christmas.

  • @beth8775
    @beth8775 6 лет назад

    I had a horrendous case of pregnancy brain, and it definitely stuck around for at least few months. At least it served a purpose I guess.

  • @speccothy
    @speccothy 29 дней назад

    Second or third trimester my ass, I’m at the first few weeks and my sentences are “sheesh my heavy is very bag” when I’m carrying my heavy ass bag .

  • @Blaineworld
    @Blaineworld 6 лет назад +4

    I actually did remember all the words, but it might have something to do with how I watch videos at 1.5x speed for some reason. Also you definitely said "Sherry", not "cherry."

  • @amiebrooks1458
    @amiebrooks1458 6 лет назад

    This is terrifying

  • @emilyblanzy7426
    @emilyblanzy7426 5 лет назад +1

    going through this now (at 5 months pregnant) and its a big struggle. i hate being this stupid

  • @mickiddymichael924
    @mickiddymichael924 6 лет назад

    How do different chemicals effect your sleep? When I take painkillers (hydrocodone) close to when I go to sleep I tend to have more vivid "scary" dreams. But when I take a sedative like xanax before I sleep I tend not to remember my dreams at all.

  • @adampenwell9338
    @adampenwell9338 4 месяца назад

    Cherry, floor, boat that's all I retained.!

  • @SoulDragonWithFlow
    @SoulDragonWithFlow 6 лет назад +1

    I was quite proud of myself. I managed to recall 5/6 words on the delayed recall test. (I forgot cousin). And I consider myself to have a poor memory

  • @brittasings
    @brittasings 4 года назад

    I believe this on top of the societal pressures and lack of sleep are why babies are forgotten in cars :(

  • @combatking0
    @combatking0 6 лет назад

    Is this a re-upload?

  • @sp00l
    @sp00l 6 лет назад +1

    It looks like the pattern on his shirt is 'lagging' behind his movement.

  • @kasapbandy1776
    @kasapbandy1776 Год назад

    Me: there was a list at the beginning of this video?

  • @rociosilverroot551
    @rociosilverroot551 6 лет назад +1

    I think pregnancy brain is a social construct. It relates the loss of grey matter and the inability to function normally with the mystical female hormones, rather than the stress, sleeplessness, physical pain and lack of social support that many women feel when they are pregnant.

  • @kwuzie2265
    @kwuzie2265 6 лет назад

    Is this why I went basically psychotic when I was on birth control that mimic the pregnancy hormones?

  • @jenwhite8832
    @jenwhite8832 3 года назад

    During my first pregnancy, I forgot how much a quarter was worth. I worked at a McDonald’s drive through at the time, and I just sat there, looking at this quarter like “what does this mean?” The guy thought I was a totally idiot, and treated me as such

  • @asphaltpilgrim
    @asphaltpilgrim 6 лет назад +2

    At least 2 years... or up to 2 years?

  • @TheRealAuroraEmily
    @TheRealAuroraEmily 3 года назад +1

    I couldn't remember the list LOL

  • @schregen
    @schregen 6 лет назад +2

    Hi!

  • @wyass4722
    @wyass4722 6 лет назад +1

    My mother said that the only difference she noticed when she was pregnant is that she was always energetic. One day before I was born she painted my whole room.

    • @wyass4722
      @wyass4722 2 года назад

      @@Yasmine-mm1yc wow, I didn't know that was thing!

    • @CIorox_BIeach
      @CIorox_BIeach Год назад

      I'll bet she wasn't suddenly worrying about financial problems, and didn't have old ladies acting like she was a community project. Makes all the difference in the world.

  • @michellezevenaar
    @michellezevenaar 6 лет назад

    Is there a cure or a treatment? Something to help relieve it?

  • @lasphynge8001
    @lasphynge8001 6 лет назад +2

    I got a question : why is human's sense of smell so weak compared to that of many other mammals? (also, if it hasn't been covered yet: why and how does pregnancy affect our sense of smell?)

    • @blackflare
      @blackflare 6 лет назад

      Actually humans have a very good sense of smell on par with other animals. I dont think i can paste a link but google vox humans bad sense of smell

    • @lasphynge8001
      @lasphynge8001 6 лет назад

      Will do! Thanks. I guess it depends what animal we compare to, but for instance, I was thinking of the fact that we are unable, from smell only, to follow a trail, detect diseases and emotions in other individuals, sense the presence of a predator, find food that is buried... things like that. Not that we need these skills too often nowadays, but our ancestors might have, and yet I doubt that this loss of accuracy could have happened in so few millennia of evolution.

  • @ecas4315
    @ecas4315 2 года назад

    I’m in the first trimester and already experiencing the brain fog, and memory loss. God help me lol

  • @cicigabriella9011
    @cicigabriella9011 4 года назад

    So my worst day i forgot i put a pizza in the oven, and just took a nap... Then i started making dinner and i forgot to put on the stove 😂 so i didnt understand why my water was not cooking. Then i grabbed a paprika and walked to my couch and then realized after 10 minutes the paprika was not my phone i meant to grab... That was now in the fridge for 10 minutes😂 just a normal preggo day

  • @roneliadelgrange8315
    @roneliadelgrange8315 6 лет назад

    Is dadnesia a thing ?

  • @Silverwing28
    @Silverwing28 6 лет назад

    I wonder if research has ever been done on the father's brain. I assume it doesn't change until the child is born, but they also get affected when they see their child for the first time.

  • @playc.holder6432
    @playc.holder6432 6 лет назад +1

    Oh no my memory’s always foggy does this mean I’m pregnant?!?

    • @ashkore2468
      @ashkore2468 6 лет назад

      Cletus Abbot III yes
      Congrats

  • @Nokss87
    @Nokss87 2 года назад +1

    I'm 2nd trimester and already forgetting people's names 😄😄🤣🤣

  • @GodISLuV4EveR
    @GodISLuV4EveR 3 года назад

    What can we do to reverse this issue? I can definitely notice memory loss after pregnancy. UGH, LAWDY DAY!!

  • @Rosiechap1
    @Rosiechap1 6 лет назад

    Does this occur with contraceptive pills that mimic pregnancy?

  • @jadez3681
    @jadez3681 6 лет назад

    I’m 38 weeks pregnant and it’s totally a thing. I’ll get to the kitchen and forget why I’m there . So frustrating cuz now I don’t know what to eat..

  • @thisaccountisdead9060
    @thisaccountisdead9060 6 лет назад

    There seems to be a gap in the “cognitive approach” regarding "emotions" - this is what I am mostly interested in myself. And I think I have made great strides in understanding how we are as a whole with actually looking at “neuroscience”, “theories of consciousness” and “sociology” and approaches such as "post-humanist psychology". Though to be honest, I was forced into such an in-depth approach to validate my perspectives due to “an overwhelming opposition to any appeal for compassion”.
    Below is a comment briefly explaining how the brain 'works' as best I understand it, that I used to destroy a 100 comment long thread on “youtube” that included “attack helicopters” (genuinely, trigger warning I guess - took me 3 years of research to know this). I don't identify how it relates to sex, sexuality or gender. But if you read it with the knowledge that this understanding came from researching sex, sexuality and gender then you'll get the idea hopefully. You may find it useful? No worries though: -
    (I am not an expert) Just a basic outline (which likely contain errors) of the brain as I understand if anyone is interested. Without getting into the issue of sex and gender (which I am just not going to entertain basically): -
    Areas of the brain that are involved with pain are the cingulate cortex and the pre and post central gyrus. The central gyrus connects deep into the brain and maps the body (hands, feet head etc..). The cingulate cortex connects to the insular and the ventro medial prefrontal cortex, which are parts of our brain dedicated to social interactions and emotional control. Physical awareness and working memory reside in the dorso lateral prefrontal cortex - which we can use to modify our sensations of pain in the cingulate gyrus and central gyrus (i.e. ignore pain). Whereas activity in the ventro medial prefrontal cortex is associated with an increase in pain sensation.
    [I am currently concerned about a paper entitled “Psychological Entropy: A Framework for Understanding Uncertainty-Related Anxiety” - or, EMU (Entropy Model of Uncertainty), which I have only just picked up, but my concerns (which maybe unfounded) centre around the framing of "anxiety" and "goals", as I am aware that manipulation of other parts of the brain via the dorso lateral prefontal cortex and suppression of the ventro medial pre frontal cortex are involved in hypnosis/brain washing.]
    All the above areas connect to the limbic system. Of which the amygdala (fight or flight, internal awareness, contextual fears), hippocampus (learning and memory), and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (startle response and non-contextual anxiety) are all connected to each other. These all have receptors for dopamine (neurogenisis), serotonin (mood regulation), noradrenaline (Norepinephrine), cortisol (blood sugar levels - so relates to stores of energy in the body), oxytocin (muscle contractions - i.e. milk lactation in females) and vasopressin (anti-diuretic - i.e. stops urine production) among others. Dopamine is negatively correlated with increases in prolactin (milk production in females); cortisol is negatively correlated with oxytocin; vasopressin is negatively correlated with oxytocin.
    The above described in the limbic system connect with the Hypothalmic-Pituatory-Adrenal Axis - (hypothalamus - controls basic metabolism; Pituatory - controlling gonadal hormone output e.g. puberty; Adrenal glands of the kindeys - to increase alertness), as well as the nucleus accumbens and pallidum (reward) that both together have receptors for dopamine and oxytocin and vasopressin.
    At the onset of sleep, cortisol, noradrenaline and dopamine levels drop. While serotonin and vasopressin levels rise. During REM dream sleep, oxytocin levels rise and vasopressin levels drop, associated with an increase in activity of the ventro medial prefrontal cortex. During sleep the ventro medial prefrontal cortex filters memories stored in the hippocampus for intergration into the rest of the cerebral cortex - something that happens 10 hours or more a day as a baby sleeps, but reduces to just a few hours a day for adults and much less by old age. This forms the basis of talk therapy to recontextualise and reduce the emotional content of traumatic memories (as first formally used for soldiers suffering from shell shock - post traumatic stress disorder - during world war one).
    The ventro medial prefrontal cortex also releases endorphins which act similar to opiod pain killers - which act to reduce pain and stress. Endorphins are released by the ventro medial prefrontal cortex when we laugh or cry for example.

  • @rhianonmorris5367
    @rhianonmorris5367 6 лет назад +87

    another reason why America needs paid maternity leave!

    • @firefoxwaffles5357
      @firefoxwaffles5357 6 лет назад +12

      My mom had to go back to work 3 days after giving birth to me. These days her company now offers like...a month... but still it's not enough. And her company doesn't have ANY paternal leave either! Get with the times, America.

    • @gabefloyd7768
      @gabefloyd7768 6 лет назад +6

      We need a lot of things, well, with a limit. But we could be doing more without calling it a luxury.

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 6 лет назад +6

      Rhianon Morris , truly studies show decrease productivity & increased accidents for pregnant & new mothers. The only thing preventing realistic study of facts & real change is the well funded disinformation campaigns funded to prevent any pogressive change. Corporations privatize the gains & socialize the costs & we lose!

    • @SciencewithSteph
      @SciencewithSteph 6 лет назад +3

      America doesn't have statutory paid maternity leave?

    • @ashkore2468
      @ashkore2468 6 лет назад +3

      Rhianon Morris Wait, what? You don't have one?

  • @annemcrowell
    @annemcrowell 6 лет назад

    Well I'm not pregnant, but I just came home from a night out at a bar and by the end of the video I remembered the first two words as "weather cats"... all things considered, I feel like I'm doing pretty well.

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад

      Now THAT'S how to end a night of drinking! 😅 Just kidding, hope you had a great night!

    • @annemcrowell
      @annemcrowell 6 лет назад

      Haha, thanks! I recognize this was maybe a bit of a strange choice of video in that situation, but hey it was next in my videos to watch later so why not?

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 6 лет назад +1

    OpenStax College?
    But I am Stax.

  • @jacobdonnarhiantalleyanput8186
    @jacobdonnarhiantalleyanput8186 2 года назад +1

    Is pregnancy the same as a water birth.

  • @raykarpp
    @raykarpp 3 года назад

    20 weeks pregnant and don't think I have it? I'm not too forgetful but do forget things sometimes, wasn't aware if this, hope it doesn't happen for too long bc I have full on studies to do a few months after birth
    Edit. I'm 38 weeks now and think I may have it, I definitely feel slower and I forget what I'm talking about very often while I'm talking, I can forget tasks sometimes but not that often. Sometimes when I'm asked a question I start answering it then halfway through I forget what the question was, it's definitely noticeable for me now and a bit frustrating sometimes. I feel a bit dumber tbh

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 6 лет назад +22

    Oh! That's why all those ladies on Maury can't seem to remember who the father is!

  • @laurareis892
    @laurareis892 6 лет назад

    But these side effects happen to me when I'm on my period. And I've read where that everything I experience is common, but no one talks like it's something that affects anyone.

  • @Alcanwill
    @Alcanwill 4 года назад

    I think people are missing the point here...pregnancy is nothing to be afraid of, nor are the changes that take place in the brain. These shifts allow women to become better mothers and focus on caring for their children. Its a gift.

  • @ResortDog
    @ResortDog 6 лет назад +1

    How could this interfere with an professional/executive career?

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 6 лет назад +4

    I wonder if this is why I don't remember my time in the womb...

  • @CIorox_BIeach
    @CIorox_BIeach Год назад

    I'm suspicious that external causes, like a packed scheduled, or pushy older women who used to leave you alone, are a major factor.

  • @spacebetweennumbers
    @spacebetweennumbers 6 лет назад +1

    I've never been interested in having my own biological children, but I'm curious to know if similar effects appear in people with adopted babies.

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад

      That would be an interesting study - what can environmental factors cause your body to do in this situation? Would love to find some research on it!

  • @sarabaq1960
    @sarabaq1960 4 года назад

    And I thought my memory was bad before my pregnancy🥴

  • @Nessa1620
    @Nessa1620 Год назад

    First time pregnancy at 30 years old..... Man if I thought I was a little forgetful before omggg I've been a cashier since I was 18 years old. Dude I cannot count days or cash to save my life!!! Currently unemployed lol yess dude it's THAT bad. Lol

  • @magicringgirl
    @magicringgirl 6 лет назад +3

    Lol now I definitely don't want to get pregnant

  • @sooooooooDark
    @sooooooooDark 6 лет назад +1

    dha/epa deficiency due to their requirement in baby's brain development and its also in breastmilk
    wow i solved that quickly, right?

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 6 лет назад

      sooooooooDark That's why you take extra supplements for it. Mom brain still happens. It's more complicated than that.

  • @SleepingLoves
    @SleepingLoves 5 лет назад

    Experiencing this right now and my baby is almost 2 months old, hoping it'll go away cause it makes me look like an absolute idiot 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @gibbie63
    @gibbie63 6 лет назад

    I still have baby brain. My daughter is 11 years old... I think.

  • @travelwithrooh
    @travelwithrooh 4 месяца назад

    You didn't share the solution or I just forget again 😢

  • @lalaslilplaces
    @lalaslilplaces 5 лет назад

    Hey Scisshow psych, why does it feel like a parent would love their oldest child more than their others? Do you have scientific background on this please?

  • @eeeec3900
    @eeeec3900 5 лет назад +1

    It’s not cool it got worse I forgot to pick up my child from school 🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @greekmythology9538
    @greekmythology9538 5 лет назад

    I'm always forgetful now I seriously hate it 😡😡😡

  • @TheRubeezz
    @TheRubeezz 5 лет назад

    Can't quite recall if this video was helpful.

  • @mrdonetx
    @mrdonetx 6 лет назад

    "Prego-nesia"

  • @TransMascNurse
    @TransMascNurse 6 лет назад +1

    Darn, another factor in family planning I've got to worry about

  • @lajya01
    @lajya01 6 лет назад

    In the father's case, pregnancy doesn't cause brain loss but hair loss

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад

      haha, preaching the truth lajya01!