Pint Size: The Life Changing Event of Motherhood

I am a typical teenager, my life is to go to Wal - Mart in the middle of my friend around a friend, but that will change soon. You will never dream when you are 18 years old. My mother's lifestyle will come to me through three events, and this event will definitely define me forever like me. Waiting for these two pink lines is like waiting for honey to fall in the cold January morning. The text I received changed my life forever; my best friend after school said to me that she might be pregnant.

Even if it is not the most important event in women's lives, mothers' pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum experience. They are characterized by major changes in behavior and lifestyle. Many women experience emotional changes during this time, but usually are related to anxiety. In most cases, these changes are regulated by reproductive hormones. Given these broad fluctuations in physiology and mood, we believe pregnant women respond to different stress events than women who are still ovulating. However, we could not find any difference; women on pregnancy and on bicycles had less response to conditions after exposure to acute stress events (Leuner & Shors, 2005). Thus, despite the widespread change in the hormonal environment, response to stress established during adulthood is still present during pregnancy.

Maternity is a challenging and fulfilling experience for both female and female mammals, often resulting in great emotional and life changes. However, it is known that pregnancy and lactation affect not only the mother's living environment, but also the brain chemistry, connectivity, hormone secretion pattern and behavior. Neuroscience research related to reproductive experience is certainly attractive, as it aims to better understand brain changes occurring in pregnant or lactating women. Dr. Bridges devoted most of his career to these dynamics and his findings helped to shed some of the biological effects of the female mammalian brain reproductive experience.

Pregnancy and lactation may be a truly innovative experience for mammalian mammals from the viewpoint of living environment, biological condition and brain activity. Because of her pregnancy experience and the new challenge brought on by her motherhood, her mother's brain will change and adapt. Dr. Bridges' research has greatly contributed to the scientific understanding of reproductive biology and neuroscience. In the future this will help to clarify the biological dynamics behind women's postpartum and hormone related diseases and may help to develop more effective treatments.