And one more makes…500.
500 strands of hair – each day – that’s how much you can lose after pregnancy. (I swear I have to be closer to 700 strands a day!)
Now, I understand that it’s hair you would have lost earlier had the hormones not kicked to give you thick, beautiful hair at the end of the pregnancy in the first place – but still, this is a whole lotta hair coming out at once. Each day. For weeks and weeks (when DOES this stage end, by the way?)
And does anyone else feel just a tad alarmed when, after vigorously brushing your hair before getting in the shower, and pretty much filling your brush, you STILL end up with clumps of hair in your hand while rinsing out the shampoo?
I know it’s just my own hair, but, when I glance down and see it in the garbage, I constantly think it’s a small animal looking back at me (but maybe I’m still traumatized by the ‘rat incident in my bathroom’ – don’t ask!).
I think I make it even worse by wearing my hair up in a ponytail all day…so, as I lose hair throughout the day – instead of falling out and flying through the air, it stays in the elastic, so at night, when I take it out – CLUMP-O-RAMA.
…have I mentioned I miss being pregnant sometimes? haha
Oh – sidenote on the ponytail…anyone have an alternative hairdo suggestion for new moms? I was watching a ‘What Not To Wear, Mom episode” the other night, and half way through, I gasped in alarm – I could BE this episode..except no one is coming to save me from myself!
Hair in ponytail everyday? Check!
Wearing clothes from 10 years ago? Check!
No make-up? Check!
Buy multiples of the same shirt in different colours? Check!
Someone – nominate me for the show! (but please wait until my hair stops falling out…that just wouldn’t make for good TV…actually, that MIGHT make for good TV?!)
Anyway, I do look forward to *this* little stage to come to an end (and oh what fun it will be, when all this hair starts to regrow – can someone say CHIA-PET?!?!)
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