Amnesia in pregnancy: what is it about?

During pregnancy, some women may experience a partial loss of short-term memory known as placental amnesia.

This happens, according to experts, because pregnancy hormones act on making the brain more sensitive. It usually starts in the second half of pregnancy and can last up to three months after delivery.

At this point in pregnancy, women You are more aware of the arrival of the baby, your new life and everything that needs to be prepared for the birth, which causes forgetfulness and distraction, according to Mayo Clinic experts.

This is the situation they are going through some pregnant as if your mind somehow adapted to what you experience inside to focus on that process, repeats gynecologist Diana Pittí Cifuentes.

The culprits for forgetfulness are high level hormones like prolactinestradiol, progesterone and cortisol in the pregnant woman’s body, and especially oxytocin, even during breastfeeding, in which the hormone, the so-called the hormone of happiness, reduces anxiety and stress, that feeling of ‘carelessness’ “that makes pregnant women forget small details from everyday life”, explains the obstetrician-gynecologist.

It’s like a memory leak transitory and connected to small details. These forgetfulness begin already in the first trimester, and are more pronounced in the third, he repeats in an informative post on his Instagram profile (@ginecologia_pty).

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But apart from memory problems, pregnant You may also suffer from a lack of concentration and distraction, says Pittí Cifuentes.

Some of them perceive eye and others don’t: only she realizes that she doesn’t work as usual and that her brain has a harder time performing certain tasks.

The physical demands of pregnancy are very high, especially at the end. This causes fatigue that can lead to lack of concentration and forgetfulness that occur in these nine months.

But, you have to be careful if a pregnant woman has symptoms more intense, because it should not affect the daily life of a pregnant woman.