For the three non-family members who read this blog (and therefore didn't already know), Matt and I are expecting again in October. And boy (or girl?) do I have some "pregnancy brain" moments to prove it:
Two weeks ago, I managed to leave my temple recommend in Denver...I think. I have no recollection of what happened to it after I went into the temple with my parents. It could still be inside for all I know, or in a shoe or a drawer or with the laundry. No memory whatsoever.
I was completely stressed about getting my library books back on time this week, but of course I forgot them the first time I went out to run errands. So I made a special trip and found that I was still minus one book when I got to the library. I thought about going back home again to get it (turns out it was under the couch, by the way), but then decided just to renew it using the library computers. I then proceeded to smack myself in the forehead repeatedly as I walked out the door for not just renewing them all - from home!
Yesterday on the way home from the grocery store, I missed my exit. I didn't even see it go by. I just happened to start looking around and thought, "Where am I?"
There are more where these came from, but my foggy brain can't recall them right now. I worry, though, that I am a danger to myself and others and maybe should be locked away for the next five to six months. And, depending on how this baby sleeps, the next five or six after that.
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I can relate. I keep thinking that I'm going to get better, but so far it hasn't happened. I have more hope for you, though. I really do.
CONGRATS! I guess I am one of the three :) I am so excited for you! And can also relate... except my pregnancy brain didn't (maybe still hasn't?) go away as soon as the babe was out... whats up with that? Hang in there, it makes for good stories :)
You will not be OK. Locking yourself up probably is the only viable option at this point. :)
Congratulations! I'm guessing that either I'm one of the 3 or you really have more than 3 that check your blog. :)
That's exciting and I can totally relate. I have the hardest time communicating and focusing and remembering what I'm doing. And on top of that I get dislexic tendencies more than usual. I always have a little dislexia especially with inverting numbers and things or reversing the first letters on words like mansome han, but it's been far more frequently and less often caught since getting pregnant. mansome han is actually one of my more recent and pretty much uncaught slips. :)
I had an OB doctor tell me about a study that showed that women's IQ's took a dip during pregnancy. But it's supposed to come back to baseline. i'm still waiting for that....
I can completely relate.
Congrats Matt and Brittany! I have to admit, I have been wondering. Maybe you have that "pregnancy glow". And my brain is like yours all the time, not just when I'm pregnant!
Yay, congrats! I swear I got dumber and dumber as the pregnancy wore on with Jack. I think now that's he's 9 months old I've finally reacquired my brain to some extent, but I remember while I was prego literally loosing my train of thought in the middle of a sentence. UGLY. Good luck!
I didn't know you were pregnant! Congratulations! And I completely understand, I think memory loss during pregnancy worsens though when you have a toddler you have to think about/chase around all day not to mention all the other daily chores on your mind! I know what you're going through!:) When do you find out what you're having?
At least you only forget things when you're pregnant. Bryanna doesn't let me keep my own recommend anymore because I never had it when I was in charge of it. I forget and/or lose everything.
I do all these things on a regular basis and I don't have pregnancy as an excuse. I'm just naturally brainless!
I don't even have a good excuse to be so out of it! Yesterday I tried to figure out my budget but everytime I added it up (like 4 times) I got different results. I finally just gave up.
congrats! how exciting.
i laughed as i read this. so so true. i started a new job when i was about 11 weeks pregnant with ellie. i apologized every day to my boss, promising her that i was just as together and capable as my resume and my recommendations claimed... oh boy. i think she believed me, but only because she'd had 6 pregnancies of her own!!!
CONGRATS! I'm so excited for you! (I take it I'm one of your three non-family blog readers?) Hope you find your temple recommend!
Congrats! and good luck! I do things like that all the time, but at the moment I don't have the good excuse of being pregnant.
looks like you have more than three friends =)
I think everything is just against you. Toddler, pregnancy, and even though your last name is Johnson, you're still a Marinos...and that explains A LOT.
The only time I have a chance at beating you at something like trivial pursuit is while you are in the throws of pregnancy, and still a person would have to have the economic prowess of the US government to bet on me.
Woo, hoo! Congratulations, B-dawg! K, now I REALLY need to see you (and the Suz) while I'm still living in Utah. You can't have TWO kids that I haven't met!!!
Holy comments!! You should start having adds on your Blog and you could make some good money! Just a thought....I hope I'm as popular as you someday ;)
...relating...
So is this the child you'll be naming after me? Keep in mind I'm willing to negotiate... I'll even settle for a kid named Horatio Benedictus Hezbolah Johnson II.
hilarious!
Congrats! I'm so excited for you! I love that you wrote about a few of your pregnancy brain experiences. My pregnancy brain is such that I can't even recall the details of the funny stories!
LOL! I like all the pregnancy moments... hits home! and yes we do live parallel lives..lol. We find out hte gender June 23. Let me know if you ever come down to Provo or just want to go on a walk anywhere in Utah county. We bought a house so we are not in the old ward but we are still here.
Congrats, Matt and Brittany,
I am so excited for you both, taht is so cool. I am excited to see you soon
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