How br to Embrace, the Onset br of 'Mommy Brain'.br New mothers often report a type of brain fog that occurs during the initial months of child rearing.br Analysts describe the change that happens as "a kind of metamorphosis that invisibly happens inside of us.".br The hormones of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding prompt a host of genetic changes that ultimately shift our br brain architecture, Abigail Tucker, Science Writer and Mother, br via 'The New York Times'.br Scientists have found that moms have trouble with verbal recall and the kinds of skills that are br in the fancy-pants part of the br human brain, Abigail Tucker, Science Writer and Mother, br via 'The New York Times'.br While many women may hope to return to their pre-pregnancy brains, .br ... experts say that it simply br is not possible for the brain br to morph back to the br way it once was.br It’s a scary thing for people. We don’t know a lot about the brain and don’t want to think that it might not go back, Dr. Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia, br via 'The New York Times'.br Researchers say that the shifts in the way the brain operates ought to be thought of in a different light.br [The brain] doesn’t need to go back [to the way it once was]. It shouldn’t go back because it’s changed. It’s evolved, Dr. Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia, br via 'The New York Times'.br A study conducted in 2016 found that mothers who experienced the greatest shift in use of grey matter also formed the closest bonds with their infants.br This suggests that the br changes are useful, and br part of the ever-shifting br plasticity of the brain.br I think we need to get away from that idea that these changes br are bad, Dr. Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia, br via 'The New York Times'.br Researchers say the shifts in the brain can also equate to better focus in moments of stress and br a heightened overall awareness.br When you look later on in life, you actually see some really positive changes that occur in terms of memory and in terms of the plasticity of the brain, Dr.