Blur….
I read that pregnancy can cause forgetfulness but I didn’t know that being a newborn mum, not only I am more forgetful now, I also have problem in hearing and seeing as well. It could be that I am breastfeeding my baby and so I am lack of nutritions.LOL ! (finding excuses)
Many times I have problem communicating with my husband. I always misintepret his words and that causes us some arguements.Let me give some examples. Yesterday, my husband sent me to work because we were supposed to watch a concert at night.On the way, he asked whether we will be staying at my parents house but I kept thinking that he wants to go back to our house despite my baby is being cared by my mom. So I answered him annoyedly that baby will be asleep by the time we are back so why want to go back to our house. Patiently, my husband asked me to listen to the sentence again….
Before the concert, we rushed for our dinner and casually walked to the concert hall. I was wondering why there isn’t anybody there despite we being there 10 mins before showtime. There was a man at entrance and he said to us,"There is no show today".I couldn’t believe it. I showed him my tickets and there!!! It shows that the concert is on 23rd September, not 2nd September. Embarrassed,we walked away. My husband asked why he wasn’t angry with me. If he was to make that mistake, I would be so mad but I wasn’t thinking about that. I was angry with myself.
Never ever in my life,I will make that kind of mistake. At that moment, I really hated myself. I, a confident,conscious and observant lady has always been sure of what I am doing and I definately will not be such a blur case. Still not convince, I checked the performance date again online and true enough, the date IS 23rd SEPTEMBER 2005. Did I have my lenses correct? Where on earth did I have the idea that the concert was yesterday? Did I have hallucination? ….and because I thought the concert was yesterday, I rushed to collect the tickets a day earlier from the collection booth. I DESPERATELY NEED SOME HELP!!! (a cry from a desperate housewife hahaha…..)
September 4th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
It happens.
It happened to me and also to a colleague of mine. The forgetfulness will go away in about half a year (either that, or I’d gotten so used to it that I don’t notice that I am forgetful anymore!)
September 4th, 2005 at 6:19 pm
I hope it will go away ASAP…it’s killing my confidence level…Now, I have to be extra careful of whatever I do.
September 6th, 2005 at 4:42 am
I do happen to me as well though I have not been pregnant. Your mind can only take certain amount of stress. With my work, I have tones of things to remember so when I started forgetting things, I write down in my diary the instant a date comes up and also in my phone as reminders. So it is always there beeping ahead of time to remind me about things I have to do. Less stress as well when you know there will be something reminding you. As we grow older, we take responsible of other people, other jobs etc and it is not your deficieny for forgetting. We change as we age.
As for arguements, it happens. I think us women tend to be defensive first instinct without really analysing the situation. I do it myself and I think as long as you realise that you are over re-acting, our partners will be able to forgive. Worse is when you don’t admit to your faults and blame the partner for every arguement. I think this applies to friends as well. Anyone who understand you, patient with you and able to forgive and forget are the ones that you keep close to your heart.
So don’t worry. If its your mistake, realise it and talk about it to ther person you argued with. We may have different sex organs but we are all only humans…
September 6th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Wah Mimi,so unlike u previously.Now,so serious already.Is it because u r in relationship now and also u grew matured? it’s unlike me to be absent-minded.I have never really relies on books and handphone cause I tried before but doesn’t really helps.Anyway,might try using them now.
September 12th, 2005 at 3:35 am
are u sure ur memory is failing? cos that vivid description in earlier post on the labour seem to suggest otherwise!!!!
My housemate just gave birth a couple of days ago. Called her the few hours after that, she went thru 5 hours of labour, natural birth and end up cesaerian after that cos the baby just couldnt come out. Her baby’s healthy 4.2kg, claimed the biggest baby in the ward. hahaha. She told me to forget what other ppl said abt natural birth, and opt for cesaerian right away!