Pregnancy Brain

November 13, 2012

It started with messing up a birthday party time. Next I left Gabby’s coat at a restaurant (fortunately it was a warm day and not like the recent weather). Then there were things I’d forget to get at certain stores. Whatever the story is, I officially have an extreme case of Pregnancy Brain!

As if it weren’t hard enough to have any mental capacity after dealing with the two kids I have, this baby is sucking everything else out of me. And in a world where I have countless balls in the air at any given point, I can’t afford to not be bringing my A game!!!

My friend who has a very young baby reassured me that she hasn’t gained her complete mental capacity back after having the baby. You mean to tell me that balancing an extra kid in the mix while being sleep deprived isn’t a recipe for mental fortitude?!?! I’m in big trouble.

In my normal fashion, I’m finding myself mesmerized with anxiety about the thought of next year and morning preschool, afternoon kindergarten and a baby. Ironically it’s not the fact that I’m doubtful I can pull off the juggling of these schedules, it’s the fact that I don’t know how I’m going to get to my Wednesday Total Conditioning class at 9:30am. Such problems! This is what is keeping me up at night nine months ahead of time?!?! I have problems!!!

So I’m sure once I have this baby in a mere seven weeks (although I’m placing wagers that it will be more like five or six weeks), everything will calm down. I will get rid of my Pregnancy Brain, I will no longer have sleepless nights full of gym concerns and I will be as calm as could possibly be. But in the off chance that all this doesn’t happen, the question is will Adam divorce me? Will I still have friends? Will anyone read my blog?

I may not overcome these crazy components of my personality or get to a place where being pregnant (having a new baby) don’t drive me to the brink of insanity. But what I can do is work on being so critical of myself. I was late to a birthday party, not exactly the end of the world. I left Gabby’s coat at a restaurant, my knight and shining armor (Adam) went back and got it. So I’ll have to go back to the store to pick up the things I forgot. I’ll miss my favorite workout classes in September 2013 while trying to shlep my kids all over the earth, I’ll run on the treadmill. The world will not fall off its axis…life isn’t easy but it’s gonna be all about perspective moving forward (or right now for that matter).

3 thoughts on “Pregnancy Brain

  1. I’m a pea in your pod, at times – I’m not pregnant with a third; I’m not currently good at working out “on purpose,” although I went for a lot of long walks to the park and spent hours chasing the kids at the playground – and I’m praying for good rest for the both of us!

  2. I feel the exact same way!! I have only have 3 weeks to go! I’m trying to just stay calm and take it day by day (except for yesterday when I got an anxiety attack thinking too much about it! Lol!) Know that you are not alone! 😉

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