The weird thing was that I started a new job about 2 weeks later, so everyone "knew" me as having shorter hair. When it started to grow again, everyone commented on how long it was but I didn't even notice because that was its regular length.
For the 3 years since then, I haven't done more than a trim. I had it trimmed back in November before I knew I was pregnant. Then I had it trimmed again in January. Then not again until June. You know how some people say their hair is just amazing during pregnancy? Mine wasn't. I'm 99% sure it didn't grow at all actually. It even got, if I'm being honest, kind of stringy and hard to comb out.
But, since Wells was born, I've had it cut twice. That's twice in two months. I had it cut at the end of July and then again on Monday.
No makeup, little sleep, and a bit of sea salt texturizing spray.
Post-partum, my hair is full of volume and, I swear, so much thicker and gains length like crazy. Now, I have a lot of the fine baby hairs around my forehead that weren't there before because of breakage or whatever. But I seem to be dealing with the opposite hair issues that a lot of pregnant/post-partum women have. I still expect some hair loss in the coming months, but I'm hopeful because I hated my stringy pregnancy hair. I couldn't even wear it down because I just felt like it was limp and greasy all the time.
Anyway. When I talk about these haircuts I've gotten in the last year, they are all Great Clips cuts and I've mentioned that I like Great Clips because they actually do what you ask them to do. If I've gone to fancy salons, they always end up convincing me to just get a trim and then I pay $45+tip for something I could probably figure out how to do myself.
So I went into Great Clips on Monday and asked for two inches off. I think Vicky took more than two inches off because, after the cut, she did lots of texturizing.
Which is fine. I've realized that the longer my hair is, currently, the less likely I'm going to be to do anything with it. And if I do experience some post-partum hair loss, it'll be easier to deal with if it's somewhat shorter, right?
What was your post-partum hair experience like? Or, do you (like me) just assume that hair will grow back, so getting a few inches off isn't the end of the world?
