Do you sometimes feel that your brain is in a "fog"? That it feels like "mush"? That your newborn baby is draining the energy from every neuron of yours? Don’t worry; you are neither crazy nor foolish! Something is indeed happening to you: Your brain is reorganizing itself to focus on new areas of learning, absolutely essential for caring for the baby, while at the same time you are experiencing a huge emotional and physical change.

In this book, Jodi Pawluski boldly yet delicately addresses our overall view of motherhood, exploring in an unprecedented way the chemical universe of the maternal — and more broadly the parental — brain. Drawing on scientific studies, her own research, and clinical cases, she offers important insights into the changes that motherhood brings.

At the same time, she creates a calm and rather reassuring picture for future mothers regarding the optimal management of all these changes that occur before and after pregnancy, as well as during it.

A useful, thoroughly revealing, and enjoyable read for all parents who want to understand what happens in the maternal and paternal brain when a woman is preparing to bring a child into the world. A text that, based on scientific data, dispels the myths surrounding the misunderstood and so negatively charged concept of the “mommy brain” phenomenon.