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'Pregnancy brain' gets women absent-minded

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Woman stroking her 9 months pregnant belly, sitting on a wooden bench. [Getty Images]

New mothers oftentimes pause midway, having lost their train of thought. Some are lost for words and speak about being ‘water hungry’ to mean they’re thirsty. Pregnancy brain is among the changes that come with pregnancy and childbirth alongside ‘pregnancy nose’, bigger breasts, weight gain, allergies and loose joints.   

A 2016 research shows pregnancy or delivery alters a woman’s brain structure, according to senior neurologists at the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Netherlands.

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