Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Most Surprising Thing

Today I went to a "thank you" meeting at work for a project that delivered to production after I had started maternity leave. I was asked by one of my teammates what I found to be the most surprising thing about motherhood. My answer would have to be just how much my brain is no longer functioning. I'm hoping this is a passing phase.

Examples of brain deficiences post partum:

  • The use of incorrect homophones in writing: "here" instead of "hear", "there" instead of "their" etc
  • The inability to complete spoken sentences because I can't recall a key word, maybe that's why my mom often uses thingamabob etc, this does not bode well for my brain returning to some semblance of its pre-pregnancy function
  • The inability to comprehand more than 2 or 3 sentences in an instructional manual. I've been trying to apply or update various documentation for benefits for me and Victoria after the birth, but I can't comprehend the instructions and actions that I need to take and there is a timeline on most of these of 30 days

Well hubby helps out with the documentation of Victoria's birth that needs to be completed.

1 comments:

mom of 2 said...

I'm sorry to tell you that thingamabob may very well become a part of your daily vocabulary. I think some of my brain was in the placenta or something. Some days are better than others, but on some days I just stop talking because my word recall becomes so poor! Other than you lack of brain power, I hope everything is wonderful!! :)