Hahah, Pregnancy-related 'absent-mindedness'

[irrelevance]

Okay I had to share this with you guys, I don't know if you have read in pregnancy books, like What to Expect When You're Expecting, or others, but they say that a symptom of pregnancy can be absent-mindedness, or I'd call it, Pregnancy-brain... Let me know if any of you have done some seriously outrageous things or forgotten something you shouldn't have..?? Should be good for a laugh.
I was just making macaroni and cheese, and I went to pour the macaroni in the boiling water and forgot to take the cheese packet out and dumped it right in!!! I go *Gasp* "Oh my gosh! I can't believe I just did that!" I got it out and dumped the cheese into a bowl before the water soaked through the package and turned it to mush, but I sure felt silly. I'm glad no one was around... Hahah!!
Let me hear your stories ?

[JoyRenee]

Well I have a lot but some of the most memorable are not my shining moments or even funny. While pregnant with DD#2, my toddler daughter and I were running errands. I put her in her seat and had her sit there while I put groceries away (I'm always paranoid someone will come up behind me and try to steal her while I'm putting stuff in the car).

So I put everything away and then I just shut the van doors, without a second thought about buckling her in. I got in the driver seat and I pulled out of the parking spot and I'm driving down a semi-deserted parking lot before I slam on the brakes and practically scream. I could NOT believe I did that.

Luckily I didn't leave the parking lot with her like that and I jumped out and buckled her promptly.

I'll try to think of funnier stuff because I know I have a ton. I've told my hubby to write a book about me during pregnancy because it'd be a best seller! LOL!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Dont' feel bad, i forget words, forget my thought in midsentence.  I've tried to put cereal in the fridge and milk in the cabinet.  Just the other day I tried to put the cheese in the drawer where I keep my ziplock baggies.  I keep getting names mixed up or just what i'm saying mixed up...

The sad thing is i've read that you actually dont FULLY recover from pregnancy brain...that you keep a portion of the effects....no wonder i'm such a dipstick sometimes :)

[LosingMyMindInGA]

don't feel bad I've actually driven from point a to point b before realizing I forgot to buckle a kid in.  

[martikadragoon]

I've done lame things like sticking the ice tray back in the freezer empty.. Uh, putting the keys in the fridge. Stuff like that.

my hubby just laughs at me. Oh,.. and a decent one.. I got in a hurry to go pick him up from work only to realize I had gotten there an hour early (it's 10 min away... I just thought for some reason it was 7 when it was 6)

He thought that was great... and I got laughed at.

[motherofan18month]

have you ever heard the expression "dumb blonde", no offense to anyone who is a blonde (just an expression since most people around here think blondes are dumber than others...why have no idea..anyways) when i was pregnant with DS i actually forgot how far along i was...someone even asked me how old i was i couldn't remember, i stood there for a few seconds while i tried to count the year from when i was born until that ime and all the while this lady is standing there looking at me like i had actually lost my mind......my friends still to this day will tell me that i act like a blonde only my hair is not actually blonde...IT'S BRIGHT RED!!

[pmperez]

I took a bath 1 morning before work and washed my hair got out drank some coffee, had breakfast, took my towel down to blow dry my hair and realized I forgot to rinse the conditioner out of my hair

[JoyRenee]

pmperez, that is hilarious!!!

I've done some of the aforementioned things as well (putting things in the wrong place). And LosingMyMindinGA is totally right! You keep your pregnancy brain long after giving birth. That's why YOUR mom always called you every single name she knew before finally saying your own (like in our house I was always called "ChrisJacobMattJulieJoy!" since my mom could never remember my name!!!).

My husband has some really funny stories about me while pregnant. Like when pregnant with DD#1 I'd get up to pee in the middle of the night, right? Well the kitchen was on the way to the bathroom and so I'd grab some crackers or whatever was available because I'd start to feel ill. I'd take it back to bed with me and I'd sit there against the headboard, humming and eating my crackers, and my feet would be dancing/tapping away! He said it was the MOST ANNOYING thing I ever did.

All he heard was humming and "crunch, crunch, crunch".

[pmperez]

Stupid things Ive done at work is make out all the bill checks put them in envelops, stamps on, address and realize my boss hasnt even signed them yet...makes you feel CRAZY....I forget alot of stuff at owrk, and Im usually NOT forgetful....I have to look at my notes from when I first started working there to make sure that Ive done everything right...

[rachie204]

fear to tell the whole story because i dont want to offend anyone but i forgot that a girl and another girl couldnt make a baby. LOL  It's a really funny story.  If anyone wants to message me i'll be glad to share.

[Brittny27]

I'm very forgetful to begin with and when I was pregnant I took the trash out and the trash bags are kept in the hall closet I walked into the bathroom and turned circles trying to figure out why I had gone in there. I then walked back into the kitchen to discover the empty trash can and remembered what I was doing.  

I was always forgetting what I was doing. I had to write things on sticky notes all over my house.  

I had DNC after m/c 10 days ago and my memory is back to normal.  

[hanacabana]

I have been waking in the night to pee so much lately that it has become like a routine. Not helped by the fact we have an ensuite bathroom i barely have to wakeup to toddle over to the toilet and 'relieve myself'. Anyway in the last few weeks my boyfriend has been getting annoyed at my increasingly long trips. I had to embarassingly admit to him that while the walk to the toilet takes two seconds it can take up to 10 minutes for me to convince myself that i AM awake and NOT in bed so that i can pee.

I have done all the other things too, often walking to the far side of the house with an object in my hand (spoon, screwdriver, book), a sense of purpose and absolutely no plausible reason for me to have walked there.