I've got Milk Brain.

While I was pregnant, I suffered from forgetfulness, or what I'd call "preggohead": I'd forget to call people back. I'd go into a room and forget why. I'd even forget if I'd eaten (not that it mattered; at the end of my pregnancy, I was eating constantly!). Everything I'd read said that it was typical and I thought it would go away after birth. Well, maybe the pregnancy part of it did, but now I've got what I call "Milk Brain". It's even a little worse than preggohead: I've missed birthdays and anniversaries, I've gone to the store and forgotten what I meant to buy, I've missed appointments, I've made plans with people and forgotten. And I'm constantly forgetting what people tell me (or so Peat says). But most of all, I'm having the hardest time just remembering basic vocabulary! I'll be talking to someone and trying to make an important point, and the word I need will completely elude me. Or I'll forget the point I'm trying to make entirely! It's like I'm high, but without the euphoria and creativity. This blog entry, for example, began as one huge paragraph that went nowhere and took me forever to write!

Since it seemed to get worse once my milk came in and I started to breastfeed, I'm calling it Milk Brain. The Brits are calling it "mumnesia". According to the Daily Mail, "Breast-feeding... increases the time women suffer from this forgetfulness because it circulates hormones which help mothers relax and promote a 'mellow, mildly unfocused feeling'." So it is kind of like being high. It's nice that there's an actual scientific reason behind it.

But I'm sure I'll forget that.