A scientific paper has been published, the first of its kind, which shows that pregnancy-induced brain changes remain for at least six years after giving birth.[1] Researchers could identify whether or not a woman had been pregnant by looking at scans of their brains six years on, with 91.67 percent accuracy. A study published soon after found that mothers had larger areas of gray matter in their brains for decades. My brain hasn’t returned to the way it was before, and neither will I. It is possible, say the researchers, that the changes are permanent. I am settling in. Matrescence continues.
