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11 January 2004
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Vows
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Pause
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A
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Out
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Visit
to husband landed Anna in jail
Where
do teens see God?
Sparked
by ‘tongue of fire’
Parish honours ‘linchpin’ of
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Maria finds family link in UK college
The day Br Nicholas dropped the pin
Pregnant Pause
I’ve been warned about the ‘baby brain’ phenomenon – where your mental capacities shrink as your stomach grows bigger. I thought that was ridiculous, but now I wonder if it is starting to happen to me.
I’ve left things like my keys and lunch at home, and forgot to post our registration for the hospital’s parenting classes for the second time. And I nearly forgot a lunch date with a friend I’d been looking forward to.
But I’ve got no doubt that the vivid, adventure-filled, sometimes scary
dreams I’ve been having every night are related to the pregnancy. I’d
read that it happens to some women and thought it was a load of malarkey. It’s
not.
There’s a theory that by week 28, babies dream as well, because they
display similar brain activity to newborns, including REM (dreaming) sleep
patterns.
If babies dream, what on earth do they dream about?
At least I’m not missing anything on TV by going to bed early – I’m being hugely entertained in my sleep, with full colour and spectacular effects that would need mega-bucks to bring to life.
For example, I’ve handled a dramatic street shoot-out and an apocalypse-type flood with extraordinary resourcefulness and calm.
Maybe it’s one way I’m being prepared for parenthood; a little thing such as caring for a baby can’t be so scary or taxing after that, surely?
– Marilyn Rodrigues, Week 28