momnesia

English

Etymology

Blend of mom +‎ amnesia.

Noun

momnesia (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) Forgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.
   • 2009, Lisa T. Bergen, Life on Planet Mom: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Your Changing Relationships‎^[1], Revell, →ISBN:

     It's difficult when we're young mothers—in the throes of momnesia, barely able to remember where we're supposed to be in two minutes (let alone two days)—to plan time for, much less seriously think about, our relationships.

   • 2011, Jena Pincott, Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy, Free Press, →ISBN, page 192:

     The mystery is that if our hippocampus, like that of mother rats, shows signs of new growth, why do we get momnesia? Why do we forget to pay the bills and return calls?

   • 2011, Alison Sweeney, Christie Matheson, The Mommy Diet, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 35:

     Just chalk it up to “momnesia” and write things down when you really need to remember them.

Synonyms

• baby brain, mommy brain

Hypernyms

• brain fog

See also

• pregnancy brain

Anagrams

• Maimones, seminoma