It must be the shrinkage

Earlier this week, I was paging through my 500+ posts on this blog and fixing the ones with images that were too large when I got hooked in by a group of posts I wrote midway through my pregnancy with Jada.   

Usually when I reread an old post, no matter how old, the memories surrounding it are readily accessible within the far reaches of my cerebrum.   However, this time I think the index cards got lost. I couldn’t remember whatever the hell I was talking about in those posts.  Pregnancy doesn’t just mess with your body.

Fuck, this explains why I’m having to re-watch the last 10 episodes of Battlestar Galactica Season 2 now.   I know I watched the fracking season, but I can’t remember any beyond the midway point.   I must have watched those episodes when I was still pregnant with Maya.

They say a woman’s brain shrinks by up to 5% during pregnancy affecting things like motor skills, problem solving and memory.    Ya… I’m glad I have my memory back.    I wonder when the other two will follow.

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  1. Mr. Fabulous posted the following on October 28, 2006 at 11:16 pm.

    What? A woman blogger who is a fan of Battlestar Gallactica?

    Thanks for screwing up my theory that all male bloggers (except me) are BG fans and all female bloggers are Grey’s Anatomy fans.

    Sigh…

    Back to the lab…

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  2. Tania (digsite) posted the following on October 29, 2006 at 12:09 am.

    I don’t like Grey’s Anatomy.

    I’m actually into all the good scifi shows.  Heroes is my newest addition to the list.

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  3. Sam posted the following on October 29, 2006 at 8:36 am.

    I watch both ;’)

    I wonder how much of the lost ‘index’ has to do with the parent thing. I swear there’s a significant percentage of my brain that became devoted to worrying about my daughter, imagining her grown-up, imagining tragedy, living through some of the tragedy, seeing her expressing joy and basking in it for hours…

    Then there’s the peed-on pooped-on vomited-on biological reaction. As if by osmosis/self-immunization I started thinking I was impervious to bacteria and germs. Bring it on suckah…

    None of the above was ever a consideration when I only had myself to be concerned with ;’)

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  4. Tania (digsite) posted the following on October 29, 2006 at 10:42 am.

    omg I was thinking about that this morning. How, although I wouldn’t give my kids back for anything, the best time of my life were still when I lived alone and had only my dog to worry about. sigh..

    Those were the days.

    I wish I could say the same about not getting sick. Ever since my oldest started daycare/school I have gotten sick about a 9 times and it’s only been one year.

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  5. Sam posted the following on November 1, 2006 at 10:43 pm.

    Daycare? You nOOb!

    My daughter asked me for money to get condoms at the grocery store this afternoon.

    whee

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  6. Tania (digsite) posted the following on November 2, 2006 at 1:50 pm.

    ROFL!

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  7. Lula posted the following on November 6, 2006 at 5:28 am.

    Well, does the brain expand again after pregnancy? Or does it shrink an additional 5% for each pregnancy? :-)

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  8. Tania (digsite) posted the following on November 6, 2006 at 10:34 am.

    good question. i really hope it’s the former!

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