Is it true that pregnancy causes memory problems?
Maybe. If you ask a pregnant mom, she might well say yes. And some studies back up that perception, but others don’t. The only thing definite is that plenty of people are working on an answer to the question. In a 1993 study of pregnant women in England, 81 percent rated their memory as being impaired, and the results of the testing proved them right: The women – in all trimesters – had a significantly harder time recalling a list of words than women who weren’t pregnant. A 2008 Australian study analyzed 14 international studies involving more than 1,000 women and found that memory is impaired during pregnancy – and for up to a year after the baby arrives. But the effect is minor, according to the study, and it’s related to new or demanding memory tasks, such as multitasking, rather than routine tasks. By contrast, in a 2008 study conducted by the Australian National University, pregnant women scored the same on logic and memory tests as they did before they were pregnant – and their s
