My mom shared this article in the New Yorker with me about author Lucy Jones' new book Maternescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood. In her book, Jones explains how giving birth and becoming a mother alters your brain comparable to what goes on in puberty during adolescence. When you give birth to your baby you are physically giving birth to a new brain. How a woman's brain composition and chemistry is affected by childbirth and child rearing is a topic and area of research that has received little attention! This article left me completely in awe of mothers everywhere and the magic of the female body: how innately selfless and adaptable it is.
'bout time lol
Hahah thank you and thanks for the nudge!
Beautiful