Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Once you become a parent nothing is ever quite the same again, including the brain. These changes begin before the baby is even born, and are still traceable decades later. Explore the brain through the stages of pregnancy and postpartum with our 3D model.

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