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TORONTO, Canada – A groundbreaking new study by Canadians suggests that the brains of pregnant woman remain functional throughout the gestational period.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were very surprised to discover that their brains were actually very similar to the brains of non-gestating women, or adult males,\u201d stated Dr. Hynes, who coauthored the study with her colleague, Dr. Mills, from Toronto.<\/p>\n This shatters many of the presuppositions that underlie conventional care for childbearing woman, which suggest that non-pregnant people use sing-song voices to present information in simple terms.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most startling finding from all this,\u201d stated Dr. Hynes, \u201cis that pregnant woman may actually be able to process complex information and make educated decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you add to this to a recent Flemish study that suggests mothers make decisions based on the perceived best interest of their babies\u201d, added Dr. Mills, \u201cthis has grave implications for the societal fantasy that everyone knows how to parent your children better than you do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to be careful about this, but it seems that expectant mothers may not need the advice of every passerby in deciding how to act while pregnant,\u201d said Mills.<\/p>\n Science is now questioning the longstanding cultural belief that the best way to support new mothers is leaning into pregnant women in the grocery store, assuming a posture of shared intimacy, perhaps placing one\u2019s hands on their sensitive, stretched-thin bellies, and then doling out advice based on what your mother-in-law always told you in 1973.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are now considering the possibility that the best way for pregnant mothers to make decisions about pregnancy is to receive accurate, up to date, evidence-based information from an accredited practitioner of their choosing,\u201d states Dr. Hynes.<\/p>\n \u201cSurprisingly, providing women with access to complete, nuanced information may actually lead to better decision making, and healthier, less bat-shit pregnancies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe think there is a lot more research to be done,\u201d said Hynes. \u201cIt\u2019s frightening to think about it, but it\u2019s possible that mothers may retain intellectual and emotional complexity throughout their lifespan, with human feelings and needs beyond fulfilling the biological imperatives of feeding and sheltering their children.\u201d<\/p>\n Mills added, \u201cAlthough not likely, at this point it appears to be scientifically plausible mothers may not be not just be husks of humans whose role is complete once they\u2019ve expelled all their cuteness in the form of a little baby. \u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t really blame OBGYN\u2019s,\u201d reflected Hynes when questioned about how care for pregnant women has been able to remain so condescending for so long.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what would you assume if one of these cranky, rotund creatures walked into your office overflowing out of their choo-choo train over-alls?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to go with the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n Fiona Jager, reportering for The Lapine in Canada, in a\u00a0 special to the Vatican Enquirer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pregnant woman may actually be able to process complex information and make educated decisions, study reveals. 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