Smart pregnancy: is it possible?

"This will go on maternity leave and ..." - somehow begins to speculate about his plans for the last months of pregnancy, almost every expectant mother. Extension can be anything, but mostly it is because of what women think more than once, but as they say, 'hands did not reach "- and frankly, not enough incentive.

"And write in English language courses, learn to roll sushi, read, finally, the whole of Tolstoy, finish his thesis ..." With these encouraging "iiii! Freshly dekretnitsa dashingly taken for long-deferred desire to discover ... complete lack of intellectual resources for their execution.
Well-trained voice teacher on the best courses in the city blends into a monotone buzz, from which you want to dismiss as a fly, deftly wielding a bamboo mat cook sushist brings deadly anguish, and the smells of Japanese spices finds nausea and heartburn at the same time, a magnificent edition of Tolstoy, despite the excellent paper, and carefully selected font, falls out of his heavy hands ...
Moreover, you notice for a previously uncharacteristic forgetfulness and absent-mindedness (even worse if you do not notice, but for you others do). Prepared chicken is put in the form of "bake" in the cupboard, burnt matches are thrown into standing next to a sugar bowl, and the gynecological examination chair for a woman climbs, forgetting to get rid of the tights and underwear ... What happened?
"Pregnant dementia!" - The answer millions of online forums, with the parental bias. "Gestational encephalopathy" - correct them after reading medical encyclopedias. A spiteful Child-free immediately slipped another short article about the "decline in the IQ in pregnant women." Since then, about the English language courses in the decree will have to forget?
Not all so sad! Indeed, during pregnancy, according to experts, the changes in hormonal status and increased blood flow in favor of the pelvic organs (and, alas, to the detriment of the upper half of the body) lead to a deterioration of memory, emotional instability, raskoordinatsii action and attention. And it is these qualities most of the tests based on IQ. So that a woman does not become more stupid - it just temporarily lose the skills necessary to tackle these tasks. Moreover, its new state takes it so that all thoughts of future mothers are concentrated on it - and it certainly prevents switch to something else. Try to meet the challenge, if you're constantly distracted!
On the other hand, hardly anyone really want to spend 9 months in the role of weakly chicken. So do not be amiss to heed the following advice:

    * The more you have submitted to lethargy and fatigue, the more they grab you. Active lifestyle - at the same time, and gymnastics for the mind, and if the English courses in the decree and will not make you a polyglot, at least not allow to dissolve completely in recipes from heartburn, knitted bootees schemes and urinalysis. By the way, proved that even at 7 months of pregnancy the fetus perceives it, and if the mother is studying a foreign language at this time, the future child will be much easier to learn the school, "Inglish"!
    * Do not forget about good nutrition and vitamins. Often iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy exacerbates the unpleasant symptoms of oglupleniya ", and a sufficient number of polyunsaturated fatty acids help the covert move faster by stimulating brain activity. So, type in the diet of fish and sea kale!
    * And finally - most important: the official diagnosis of gestational encephalopathy ... does not exist! So that the fans take a ride on the "pregnant dementia" to submit directly to ... ICD-10 - that is to say the International Classification of Diseases 10 th revision. And what happens to you - completely normal!