Conference friends: “I haven’t seen you in ages!”
Me: “Oh yeah I had a baby” 🫠
#mumsky #acmum #academicparent

Wasn’t ready for parenting to become singing Humpty Dumpty 50 times to lull my toddler to sleep #academicparent #toddlerhood #scimom

Kicking things off with a teeny tiny pregnancy-related paper review! Pritschet et al conducted a longitudinal MRI study on a woman from pre-conceiving to 2 years postpartum. They showed some huge changes in brain volume, white matter integrity and ventricle size. While only n=1…

A little introduction: I’m a postdoc neuroscientist, living in the UK, and mother to a toddler. I’m still trying to get my science mojo back while battling being pulled in all dimensions by the war that is science vs. motherhood. So, obviously, the thing to do was start a social media account 👍