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Today in Mom News: Does Motherhood Affect Memory?

We’re going to try something new here at Postcards–every day or so we’re going to throw in a piece of mom-related news just to keep things interesting and provoke discussion. Today, via Lisa Belkin’s Motherlode blog at the New York Times, does motherhood affect…wait what was I typing? Oh yes! Memory! This common malady is also known as “baby brain” or “mumnesia,” but a new study shows that moms are just as forgetful as non-moms. The only time cognitive function declines for women is in very late pregnancy. For the moms: Did you find that you were more forgetful while you were preggo? For the daughters: did your moms forget everything they didn’t write down? [New York Times]

Posted on 02.17.2010 at 7:30 am// Tagged: motherhood, news, pregnancy, studies

Quintessential Mom Advice

I think you should visit Europe in the Spring. They have lousy weather in the winter. I also think you should try to have a baby. Love Mom

Posted on 01.07.2010 at 9:30 am// Tagged: advice, Babies, Europe, pregnancy, travel

Pumpkin Carving In Utero

Backstory: My sister’s baby is due in March. It is still in her uterus.

Hi!

I picked up two medium pumpkins today, in case you feel like carving them when you’re here. And I got one little bitty one for the baby! Hee, hee!

Posted on 10.26.2009 at 1:30 pm// Tagged: Babies, halloween, pregnancy

It’s Baby Time!

Backstory: My husband (M) and I are graduating from grad school in May… and we’ve been married for a little over 3 years…

Mom: You and M should treat yourself to a baby for graduation!
Me: Great… a lifelong committment, just what we need… we’re doing a vacation.
Mom: That’s perfect! That’s exactly what you need!
Me: Mom, that’s horrifying.
Mom: What, I didn’t say it…
Me: Saying it and subliminally hinting to it are the same thing.
Mom: Well… you *are* married… a vacation without birth control would be perfect!

Posted on 07.31.2009 at 3:05 pm// Tagged: Babies, grandbabies, pregnancy

The Joys of Eight, in One

Backstory: My mom was telling me about how she had to use fertility drugs before getting pregnant with only me – not multiples.

i got all the happiness of eight babies in one. i just wish i could take all of that happiness, roll it into a ball, make it into butter, and spread it on my toast every morning.

Posted on 07.29.2009 at 9:26 am// Tagged: memories, pregnancy

Conception Calculations

Backstory: My parents were engaged through their senior year of college, and got married the June right after graduation. I was born the following January, and turned out to be quite the partier.

So there is this calculator that determines when you were conceived. Jacqui was conceived on 4-9-84, Justine was conceived
12-10-85 and Craig was conceived 10-7-89. Wow Jac I was really drinking in April thank God you are normal!!!!!!!!

Posted on 07.10.2009 at 2:48 pm// Tagged: conception, drinking, pregnancy

Pregnancy Math

Backstory: My sister and I were born ten years apart, and my mother had me at a young age. She’s premenopausal and, apparently, gets baby fever when she drinks.

Mom: I was just thinking…I was your sister’s age when I got pregnant with you, and your age when I got pregnant with her. LOL
Me: Ummm….
Mom: What is really weird is we all could be! Well, I know I’m not.
Me: Fortunately I believe neither of your daughters are with child at the moment.

Posted on 06.16.2009 at 9:29 am// Tagged: grandchildren, memories, pregnancy

Speaking of Babies…

Backstory: My mom sends me funny videos while I’m at work on an almost daily basis. Today’s video was a crying baby and a whining dog.

Me: That’s so cute! The baby stops crying every time the dog starts whining!
Mom: Speaking of babies… you received a box of baby formula samples in the mail yesterday… anything you want to tell me?
Me: Um…no. Why the heck would I get baby formula samples? Weird. Feel free to toss them.
P.S. If I was pregnant and trying to hide it from you, I wouldn’t have baby formula sent to your house instead of mine.

Posted on 03.29.2009 at 2:32 pm// Tagged: Babies, pregnancy, videos

Take the Baby Video Hint

Me: you keep sending me videos of babies
Mom: i have to go
sorry
me: ha it’s okay
Mom: take a hint why don’t you?
me: duly noted
Mom: ok, that will be the only one i give
me: the one with the dads doing the diapers makes me laugh
Mom: the emails aren’t intended to be hints
me: it’s okay if you want grandkids
Mom: i know
i’m not dying for them
me: i know
Mom: i just don’t want it to become too late
me: i think we’re still okay
Mom: well, i’ll talk with you later

Posted on 03.23.2009 at 3:03 pm// Tagged: Add new tag, Babies, grandbabies, pregnancy

Things to do Before the Apocalypse

If the world is ending in 2012, somebody better make me a grandma in plenty of time to let me enjoy it. (Don’t tell your sister this.) :)

Posted on 01.29.2009 at 2:38 pm// Tagged: grandchildren, pregnancy

Sis in the Family Way

Me: the younger sister is pregnant?

Mom: yes.

Me: why didnt she use birth control like meee? haaha

Mom: oh my god

Posted on 10.17.2008 at 11:55 am// Tagged: birth control, pregnancy, siblings

"I asked myself the same question many a time during my years of teaching teenage boys! Poor Mom and poor Mr. Harrison.
(No, I never had X is a Penishead written on a desk, thank goodness, but I did have to throw out a dozen textbooks at the end of the year at one point because just about every picture had been, ahem, similarly embellished.)"
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