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Old 04-17-2012, 04:07 PM
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I highly recommend that you reconsider TTC (trying to conceive) until you're doing all better or at least MUCH better cognitively.

Hormones can hugely affect a woman's concussion. Some experts believe that the hormones inside a woman's head don't protect our brains as much as the hormones inside a man's do. They think it makes us more susceptible to sustaining a concussion and why, typically, we deal with having PCS more frequently than men do and for longer periods of time and with worse symptoms.

You don't know how long it will take you to recover and if you get worse because of all the hormones or chemicals in your brain created from stress, depression, or anxiety and you end up needing to take care of a baby it could be a catastrophe.

I think you need to try to rest and take it easy as much as possible to help ensure that you will be able to attend school in the Fall.

Trying to do too much can also set you back in your brain's healing process.
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