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Ep 237. Pregnancy Rewires Your Brain. Here's What You Gain

Podcast: The Science of Motherhood · Dr Renee White

Opublikowano: 2026-07-27

That feeling of not quite recognising yourself after your baby arrives has a biological explanation. Pregnancy reshapes the structure of the brain, and those changes can still be measured years down the track. What you're experiencing is your brain doing exactly what it's built to do. If you've ever said out loud that you feel like a different person since becoming a mum, you're describing something researchers can now see on a scan. Understanding what's happening in there changes how the whole experience feels. In this episode of The Science of Motherhood, Dr Renee White...