I have been having pregnancy brain lately. Anyone who has been pregnant know what I'm talking about. Memory gets worse, and things that you have been doing for years somehow get jumbled up. There is a reasonable explanation - your body is shuttling all sorts of nutrients to the growing baby, and sometimes there is not enough left over for your brain. But I have had a couple of doozies of memory lapses recently.
For example, I went to the post office about 3 or 4 weeks ago to mail a package. I drove all the way there and got out of the car before I realized that I didn't have the address of the person that I was going to mail the package to. Then I forgot that I put the package in my back seat and so now this Birthday present, which was supposed to be mailed at the beginning of September will likely be hand delivered when I see her next weekend. I am a little embarrassed, and I realize that I shouldn't be using my pregnancy as an excuse, but I'm going to because I am only going to be pregnant for 2 1/2 more months before I have to admit that sometimes I just have a bad memory and do dumb things.
Tonight I had another pregnancy brain moment. I couldn't remember how to spell my husband's name. I had to look him up on facebook to figure out how to spell "Keith." I knew how to spell Keith before I met my Keith. I have never spelled his name wrong in the 4+ years that we have been together. Yet somehow, tonight, I couldn't remember if he spelled his name Kieth or Keith.
I think that I am also going to blame the fact that I spent a large portion of my day reading about metabolism and pharmacokinetics of Vitamin D for my thesis. Of course, if I can't figure out how to spell my husband's name, I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to intelligently discuss vitamin and mineral metabolism with my committee.
For example, I went to the post office about 3 or 4 weeks ago to mail a package. I drove all the way there and got out of the car before I realized that I didn't have the address of the person that I was going to mail the package to. Then I forgot that I put the package in my back seat and so now this Birthday present, which was supposed to be mailed at the beginning of September will likely be hand delivered when I see her next weekend. I am a little embarrassed, and I realize that I shouldn't be using my pregnancy as an excuse, but I'm going to because I am only going to be pregnant for 2 1/2 more months before I have to admit that sometimes I just have a bad memory and do dumb things.
Tonight I had another pregnancy brain moment. I couldn't remember how to spell my husband's name. I had to look him up on facebook to figure out how to spell "Keith." I knew how to spell Keith before I met my Keith. I have never spelled his name wrong in the 4+ years that we have been together. Yet somehow, tonight, I couldn't remember if he spelled his name Kieth or Keith.
I think that I am also going to blame the fact that I spent a large portion of my day reading about metabolism and pharmacokinetics of Vitamin D for my thesis. Of course, if I can't figure out how to spell my husband's name, I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to intelligently discuss vitamin and mineral metabolism with my committee.
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