Remember the thing called “pregnancy brain?” This phenomenon does not disappear right away after delivery. In my case, it kind of stayed. I still forget a lot of things and it’s getting worse. I just don’t forget where I put things. Lately, I am also forgetting the name of things so I just refer to them as “that thing”. I haven’t noticed I’ve been doing that until my husband pointed it out. He said something like: “That thing is called a window.” He said I should name things properly if I want our child to learn those.
So when I say I want to get back into shape right after pregnancy, I just don’t mean physically. I also want to get back into shape mentally, that is why I started doing some simple brain fitness exercises to regain the sharpness of memory I once had. Simple things like using my non-dominant had to eat, to write, and to use the mouse pad and playing my guitar and learning new chords are things I can do to exercise my brain. It can be very frustrating sometimes but I just remind myself that I am doing my metal health a favor by persevering at doing these brain exercises. Also, I started to read again. Reading has always been a way for me to feed my mind so no matter how busy I am, I try to squeeze in reading in my daily activities.
