Are these pregnancy changes actually permanent? 🤰 #motherhood #science

Added: 2026-06-06

[00:00:00]Pregnancy actually remodels the brain.

[00:00:02]Some researchers found that mothers lose gray matter in certain areas linked with social interaction, but the change appears to make the brain more efficient, not worse. On top of that, fetal cells can cross into the mother's body and remain there, including in places like the heart, brain, and liver.

[00:00:17]So, in a very real sense, motherhood is just not emotional. It's [music] physical. It's permanent. Share it. Kind of cosmic, honestly. It's like biology looked at mom and said, "You're going to carry this one forever."