pbHealth and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy bbexplodes the concept of maternal instinct and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.b pConaboy expected things to change with the birth of her child. What she didn't expect was how different she would feel. But she would soon discover what was behind this her changing brain. Though Conaboy was prepared for the endless dirty diapers, the sleepless nights, and the joy of holding her newborn, she did not anticipate this shift in self, as deep as it was disorienting. iMother Brain iis a groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities. pNew parents undergo major structural and functional brain changes, driven by hormones and the deluge of stimuli a baby provides. These neurobiological changes help all parents--birthing or otherwise--adapt in those intense first days and prepare for a long period of learning how to meet their child's needs. Pregnancy produces such s