The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small.

D uring pregnancy, the body isn’t the only thing going through big changes—your brain does, too.For years, scientists knew the brain changed in motherhood, but only recently have they ...

Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara and their colleagues investigated the structural changes to the brain of one woman from before pregnancy through to postpartum, totaling more than two years of study.

NewsCenter 5 speaks to Dr. Natalie Feldman, a psychiatrist at Mass. General Brigham, to ask her to explain what "baby brain" or "mom brain" is, a common symptom many women say they experience ...

"Furthermore, the [gray matter] volume changes of pregnancy predict measures of postpartum mother-to-child attachment and hostility," the study said, explaining that brain changes could be ...

experiencing pregnancy and childbirth, or going through menopause. These changes are in a league of their own because, on top of all the usual brain shifts, our hormones fluctuate during these ...

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