Many people are surprised by how their imagination shifts during pregnancy. Some start dreaming more vividly, others feel a strong urge to create — to write, paint, bake, or make a home. It can feel as though something deep inside has awakened — as if your mind is trying to express what your body already knows.

Research shows that the brain truly changes during pregnancy. It becomes more visual, intuitive, and emotionally open. While some functions like focus or short-term memory might temporarily fade, others — creativity, empathy, symbolic thinking — grow stronger. The brain begins searching for new ways to understand the world.

Creativity can also be a way to manage uncertainty. When you create, you give shape to what would otherwise stay as restless thought. Writing, decorating, or even daydreaming helps your mind process this transformation.

Alma’s advice:

• Give your imagination space — it helps you understand what’s unfolding.

• Create for truth, not perfection — write, sing, build, or dream freely.

• Pregnancy creativity isn’t escape — it’s connection between you and the life growing inside.

You’re not only creating a child. You’re creating yourself anew.