Searching for the right word in a conversation with a friend or finding your keys in the fridge but having no recollection of putting them there. These might be familiar to you if you’ve been pregnant and experienced so-called ‘baby brain’ or pregnancy brain.
While pregnancy can be a stressful and anxious time for some women, there’s also evidence that it can affect the way your brain functions too. In fact, research published in American Journal of Neuroradiology in 2002 found that women’s brain volume decreased by around 4% during pregnancy.
