Dr. Lisa Becht was recently quoted in an article written by Sara Youngblood Gregory for Popsugar titled “Yes, Pregnancy Brain Is Real. And It Starts Sooner Than You Might Think”.
There is a lot that changes in the body during pregnancy. But pregnancy can also affect your brain like how you process information and your memory. This is called “pregnancy brain” or “baby brain” and it mimics the symptoms of brain fog. Some of these symptoms include forgetfulness, difficulty thinking, feeling cloudy, or struggling to find the right words during a conversation.
“The majority of women report some form of pregnancy brain in pregnancy or postpartum. In addition, some studies have found women do have decreased memory and scores on cognitive and executive function tests, suggesting it is a true phenomenon,” says Lisa Becht, MD, FACOG and Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in California.
In the Popsugar article, Dr. Becht goes on to discuss the causes of pregnancy brain and when most women begin to experience pregnancy brain.