Pregnant women often have a feeling of forgetfulness, it is the so-called “mom’s brain”, or “baby’s brain”. Is it just an expression or is there any scientific truth behind it? The brain of pregnant women has always been an interested topic for scientists. In 2017 Hoeckzema and collaborators published on Nature the definitive paper aboutContinue reading “Mom's brain”
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Breastfeeding and mental health
Today I want to talk about a very delicate topic: breastfeeding. We all know that milk produced by women is the best nutritional choice for newborn. Just to give you an example, recently, on Nature Zeng and collaborators published a very interesting paper regarding maternal milk and enteric diseases. Babies in developing countries often sufferContinue reading “Breastfeeding and mental health”
Motherhood and mental health
The moment a woman become pregnant, a new world of expectations opens up for her. Everybody will ask the future mother how she feels, if she is fine, what is she expecting from the pregnancy and all kind of (un)welcomed advices. The future mother reads tons of books and blogs on how to be “theContinue reading “Motherhood and mental health”
