one of the midwifes told me that a mother’s brain leaves her body together with the placenta and takes about 6 months to grow back
and you know, I’m afraid she’s not wrong
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maybe it’s the lack of sleep, but I have the attention span and short-term memory of a goldfish now. the only thing that helps is writing everything down, but I hardly ever have enough free hands and headspace to do so
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wait fuck my brain is already gone and she's not even here yet
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yeah I had this too but after birth it’s different. I don’t know how to explain the difference cause my brain is dead lol
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I was talking to a mom friend recently
"why is there so little writing on the subjective postpartum experience?!" and she was like "well....I don't remember it very well"
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I tried taking notes but they don’t make much sense when I read them a few days later 😅
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I've thought maybe eigen should video interview me 🤔
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