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October 9, 2006 on 1:29 am | In Main, Pregnancy |

I read an interesting article the other day in ‘Scientific America’.  Apparently mothers are not born but are made.  What they mean is that we are not natural mothers from birth but that our brains undergo a change during pregnancy and birth.  According to this article the female brain increases the size of neurons in certain parts of the brain during pregnancy and this produces permanent structural changes in the brain. 

Freaky but interesting.  The good news is that along with the maternal instincts of protecting and grooming our little ones, we also develop our memory skills, an increased ability for learning and an enhanced response to fear and stress situations.

So if you are planning a pregnancy and are worried about your ability or maternal instincts, I guess you can rest easy with that bit of information.  We would still advise you to plan as much as possible in advance with things like the birth, buying baby clothes and whether you are going to breast feed or bottle feed.

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Angela