PBJ!

No, not peanut butter and jelly..........but a little excerpt from the Pregnancy Brain Journals:

This PBJ has less between 2 slices of bread...or my ears should I say. I heard of the whole syndrome. A collection of symptoms that pregnant women demonstrate that clearly shows that something has changed with in her and far more than just what is between the hips- but between the ears. The brain. The intellectual thinking structure that once was sharp as a tack has now dulled to a mere thimble. I thought this was going to escape me. I have not dealt with any emotional mood swings of uncontrollable racing hormones. I've not cried over spilled milk, or found a raging satisfaction of intentially spilling it myself. But as clear as I feel I have been in my thinking my husband has clearly explained to me that things have changed and I am different and not just in my physical appearance.

He talked about how these past few months has taken a toll on him once he realized how many little things he was so use to me being "jonny on the spot" about. He finally realized that my new favorite spot was just relaxing in the chair. Me being slowed down is just a weird thing for us both. But it was when he said that I am slower in my thinking, make no sense in my decision making, and uncharacteristically have a comprehension problem that I heard trumpets blast! What I really heard was that BEFORE I was pregnant he viewed me as a fast thinker who makes quick good decisions and very smart! He followed my enthusiasm for his compliment and went on, and I quote, I WAS sharp as a tact!

I recalled these symptoms during the first few weeks of my pregnancy before I got a handle of what was going on but felt I had overcome and have been convinced this whole time that I have been "normal". It was during this early stage that I would be driving and see a stop sign and say to myself "S-T-O-P, humm what does that mean?" I would be slow to give my own name. I showed up to work on a Monday and was convinced it was the previous week and began repeating the work already done - LAST WEEK! Then realizing that a new week had begun.

I am told that now things that I was so peticular about being perfectly done is just no big deal. Things that I was easy going about now make me uptight and that my personality is somewhat left of center. So, I am a little opposite to the old me. Things are being marked in time as BP (before pregnancy) and AP (after pregnancy). Soon the AP age will be here and getting back to my "normal" is up for debate right now! I was really only concerned that, yes,"my jokes are still funny aren't they honey?" and, well, he has yet to answer.