Fun fact: during pregnancy, your hair gets all thick, full, and luscious. It basically looks just like those hair models in commercials, so walking around flipping your hair over your shoulder is totally acceptable. What’s that? People staring at you? They’re not looking at your ever-growing belly, they’re looking at your awesome hair.

Second (not-so) fun fact: Once you actually have your baby, your awesome hair will go from fab to drab. It’s like your hair knows that you won’t be able to shower and wash it for days at a time, so it just starts losing its charm. Once the glow is gone it sort of goes one step further and just starts falling out of your head. Don’t worry, it doesn’t happen all at once, but once it starts happening, it doesn’t seem to stop. Oh, the joys of motherhood.

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New moms told me about this hair-loss phenomenon, but since I was lost in the newborn haze, I didn’t think anything of it. Last time around, I made it to three months postpartum and thought I was somehow going to miss this phase. I started applauding my mane for rocking this phase and not giving into the loss; I was excited about being one of the lucky few who’d get to keep my lovely hair. Then, four months postpartum rolled around and it all went downhill from there. I remember taking a coveted shower one day and I ran my hand through my hair like normal, only that time, a clump of loose hair come with it. I started to cry, because I knew it was just the beginning.

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During this postpartum phase I started losing my strands right around the three-month mark. I know, from past experience, that it doesn’t have any intention of stopping anytime soon. Things I’m getting ready to look forward to: loose locks stick to anything I touch (the baby included) and brown strands covering my pillow each morning. But my favorite thing is that after I take a shower it looks like I could be five pounds lighter with the amount of hair that I gathered from my head. I wish I was kidding about how much hair my head loses, but I’m not. It’s truly amazing that I won’t be bald by the time this whole ordeal is over.

On the bright side, at least my hair is thinning itself out, so maybe it won’t be so hot this summer. In the meantime, while I let my hair do it’s thing, I’m definitely going to keep some of Mrs. Pencil’s tips in mind.

Any other moms out there experiencing the lovely hair-loss phase? Or are you still basking in your pregnant hair glow?