Mommy brain, gray matter, synaptic pruning. Learn how the brain physically changes post-birth, and the main effect it has on male and female hormones. Celeste and Dave converse over the difference between baby blues and postpartum depression, the love bond of oxytocin, and how biological elements of the brain feed into parental stereotypes.

RESOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/parenting/mom-brain-forgetfulness-science.html

https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/postpartum/postpartum-hormone-changes/

https://aeon.co/essays/how-raising-children-can-change-a-fathers-brain

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/parenting/baby/fatherhood-mens-bodies.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/parenting/mommy-brain-science.html?searchResultPosition=2

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/what-happens-to-a-womans-brain-when-she-becomes-a-mother/384179/

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