by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

Holly Madison is starting to suspect us fellow moms aren't telling the whole story. The former Playboy model and reality star, who is currently pregnant with her second child, recently blogged about her troubles after suffering a "massive brain fart."
Though she had been prepared for a little bit of "brain mush," the mother of Rainbow Rotella had only seen brief mentions of forgetfulness in the baby books and online. She couldn't turn up anything that echoed the intensity she was experiencing, and got a bit panicky about being unable to gather her thoughts.
Holly wrote in a blog post for E! News:
To me, it felt like a really big deal. It felt scary. It felt like one of my major organs, in this case my brain, was starting to fail me in a way I had never experienced and it was frightening. Some of my friends who had gone through a similar experience assured me that it would go away. Some insisted that it doesn't and only gets worse the more kids you have. The latter thought was terrifying. It was as if brain cells decided to hitchhike out of your body along with the baby.
Holly Madison went on to write:
If it happens and people don't want to talk about it, I GET IT. The last thing women need is a stereotype suggesting childbirth reduces your mental capabilities when they are getting ready to return to their jobs. I don't even want to think about how that would impact the issues women already deal with in the workpla...