Bad Hair Days
Things people never tell you about having babies no. 137: your hair will end up like this -
You see the thing that happens when you get pregnant is that your hair growth slows right down. This is why pregnant women are said to have nice shiny thick hair as there’s no new hair pushing the old hair out so it basically doesn’t fall out like it would do normally from brushing, washing etc. There’s also the added benefit of only having to shave your legs once a month.
The problem is that after you have the baby and your hormones stabilise, your hair starts growing and falling out again. From the time that Maya was about 6 months old I had handfuls of hair falling out every time I was in the shower and clouds of it falling around me every time I brushed it.
This did not bother me, despite Made’s claims that Iwas going to go bald as my hair is rather thick and there is a lot of it. However when new hair started to grow back underneath I ended up with this stupid micro fringe / mullet type look. I’ve got a new layer of hair that is a few inches long and not just at the front, it’s all over so it sticks up in all directions, will not lay flat and basically looks like I haven’t brushed my hair in a few months.
Now I’m pregnant again I’m stuck with it as it’s growing really slowly and i’m probably going to be hit with a second hair loss and growth after the next baby is born. I dread to think what I will look like then…
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