Alex Cooper says neuroscience research suggests pregnancy and childbirth can rapidly reshape the brain

What was said

"Not to mention over the last decade there have been advances in neuroscience obviously and a lot of those advancements have showed and revealed that pregnancy and childirth trigger one of the most radical rapid restructurings of the human brain ever observed ever. Okay. And so I think a lot of people would be like yeah that makes a lot of sense."

Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper, discussing her first pregnancy, says advances in neuroscience have suggested that pregnancy and childbirth can trigger a rapid restructuring of the human brain. She argues that, despite this scale of change, pregnant women and new mothers are often given little grace if they struggle or feel unsettled during the transition to motherhood.