'Something was different': How parents' brains change and adapt after a baby is born

Our grey matter changes when we become parents to a newborn baby

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After Chelsea Conaboy gave birth to her first child, she felt unmoored — like there was something wrong with her. 

“I felt something was different in me. I had this really intense hyper-vigilance in my first weeks as a mother. I didn’t have words to describe what was happening. Not only was I worried about my son’s wellbeing and my capacity to be a good mother, I was worried about the worry.