Following the claim last month that 'pregnancy brain' - the theory that mothers-to-be turn into forgetful and absent-minded individuals during pregnancy - is a myth, a new study has insisted that it does exist.
Previously, a study, conducted at the Australian National University, Canberra dismissed those claims after a thorough eight-year investigation.
Over 1,200 women were tested for cognitive speed, working memory, and immediate and delayed recall over the period, but little evidence was found to suggest there was a difference when pregnant.
However, now a University of Leeds insight has suggested that expectant mothers are more likely to mislay their keys and forget where they left other belongings than other women are.
Diane Farrar, who led the research, said: " Forgetfulness and slips of attention are phenomena commonly reported by pregnant women, but scientists have yet to identify a specific mechanism by which this memory impairment might occur."
Mylene Klass and Kate Winslet are two celebrities who have previously gone on the record as saying they became scatty and forgetful during pregnancy.
