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Health and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy explodes the concept of maternal instinct and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.

Conaboy expected things to change with the birth of her child. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel. But she would soon discover what was behind this: her changing brain. Though Conaboy was prepared for the endless dirty diapers, the sleepless nights, and the joy of holding her newborn, she did not anticipate this shift in self, as deep as it was disorienting. Mother Brain is a groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities.

New parents undergo major structural and functional brain changes, driven by hormones and the deluge of stimuli a baby provides. These neurobiological changes help all parentsbirthing or otherwiseadapt in those intense first days and prepare for a long period of learning how to meet their child's needs.

Mother Brain

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 19 September 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250871428
      978-1250871428
      ISBN-10 1250871425
      Also in:
      Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues Neurology and clinical neurophysiology Neurosciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Health and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy explodes the concept of maternal instinct and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.

      Conaboy expected things to change with the birth of her child. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel. But she would soon discover what was behind this: her changing brain. Though Conaboy was prepared for the endless dirty diapers, the sleepless nights, and the joy of holding her newborn, she did not anticipate this shift in self, as deep as it was disorienting. Mother Brain is a groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities.

      New parents undergo major structural and functional brain changes, driven by hormones and the deluge of stimuli a baby provides. These neurobiological changes help all parentsbirthing or otherwiseadapt in those intense first days and prepare for a long period of learning how to meet their child's needs.

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