Tons of books talk about the shrunken brain syndrome of an expectant mum….This seems incredible until one actually experiences it. The truth is that it takes a while to befriend such an enemy of the brain as one becomes aware of losing control. This loss becomes apparent with things falling from one’s hands, forgetting where one was heading by car, appointments, names!

I was invited to talk to you about the fate of an impending three-fold family in my last blog before I disappear into first-time motherhood. However the truth is that my enemy has become my friend. Firstly one does not have to wait till baby actually crowns to see what a family of three involves. Baby has made itself very present all throughout the first nine months of its existence forcing mum to change her lifetstyle, eating habits, clothes, image, daily pattern, increase in medical appointments, thinking about nursery timing, career and work.
Secondly the writer asks the reader to have some patience. This mum-to- be has had a topsy turvy life in the last two years in part thanks to the web-comm unit! Indeed! How? Firstly an ex-feminist would have never dreamt having a relationshop with a guy let alone marry, then have a child! Secondly, writing on the EP website has involved a more sedentary lifestyle as opposed to one where I was travelling for 70% of the month and hence having no time to simply “be” around in Brussels!
Anyways the point is that for the last nine months, if not two years I have had a lot to deal with. To plunge me into the daily reality of thinking about life with three is at the moment asking me too much. My shrunken brain can only cope with the today. Hence for me to relate what you would like to hear you will have to wait until baby shows its face!