Does anyone else feel dumb?

[anarchamama]

Seriously, I am in such a fog, I'm sure its a combination of hormones and physical exhaustion, but I can't focus on anything. I am normally a very organized and on top of things person who gets bored easily, but now I'm just in a daze. I remember getting quieter and more introverted with ds's pregnancy, but nothing like this. I feel like all my physicla energy gets taken up with ds and my brain has been swallowed by this new baby. I can't focus to read, I can barely motivate myself to get chores done, and I can't work up much interest in conversations.......I feel like and idiot. I feel like I have that foggy feeling you get with a bad fever, but it never goes away. lol.

Nothing helps either, not caffein, not excersize, nothing! Mind you it does make sitting around the house with ds all day easier, I don't get as bored. I think I could sit on the floor with him and happily stare at the wall all day.....

Am I the only one?

Cheers
Heather

[dogmama]

Thank you for bringing this up- I'm having a heck of a time at work. Today I had to ask my boss to put something she was telling me in writing, because I literally didn't understand her. This is work I know and understand, and I felt like such an idiot. I could just stare off into space for hours. Can't focus on anything. Yikes.
Foggily yours,
Mary

[because]

Yes!

This is so different that my first pregnancy! I'm almost a danger to myself and others at this point!

Let's cross our fingers that PP brain will be better than PG brain! (HA!)

[beansavi]

My midwife said it's hormonal. She did actually give me a homeopathic remedy to balance my homones and it is working splendidly. I am also upping my protein.

[MamaTaraX]

It's called Placenta Brain or Preggo Brain. It turns into Mama Brain soon after birth. Years later, still dumb ;) My mom swears you "get it back" when they get older. My oldest is 7, I'ma lready planning my return-o-the-brain party ;)

Namaste, Tara
mama to Doodle (7), Butterfly (2), and Rythm (due at home 1/06)

[k mama]

I still have Mama Brain :bouncy , so nothing new for me :) Not near as clumsy, though, as I was with my first pregnancy, and boy, was I clumsy! :down

[beachcomber]

Ooh, ooh! Can I join the Official Zoners Club, too??

I'm in a total fog these days. It's just so bizarre for me cuz it's the opposite of how I usually am. I can't remember things I'm supposed to be doing. I forget what I'm saying halfway through the sentence. I try to make lists at work but forget what to put on them and then forget to read them. It's hilarious. Well it would be if it weren't so frustrating! :LOL

[ozzyemm]

I can totally relate to you guys! I am in a fog all day: the most challenging thing I am capable of is walking to the post office once a day! I too am slacking on housework (and this after getting "false nesting instincts"). And, to make matters worse, our denomination is going through a split which DH doesn't agree with. Normally, we would have huge philosophical conversations, but I just get frustrated, because I can't come up with anything good, even though I was AT the discussions and he wasn't, so I should know WAY more than him :p!

Also, I used to be the "know-it-all" around the house-- I knew where anything and everything was, when appts were, etc. Now, if I don't write it down IMMEDIATELY, I will forget appts. I will forget that I even made them! Dh ets really frustrated, because he is naturally absent-minded, and now I am just as bad as him! hopefully we will both survive this pregnancy! We were joking about losing track of the baby, because we are both so loopy :D.