Happy Sunday to you all!! This post is strictly about my experience during this, my second pregnancy, and my hair growth.
Now, with my first pregnancy my hair grew rapidly which I expected with the hormonal changes and the prenatal vitamins I was taking, however I had not yet gone in depth with research and didn't know how to properly take care of or protect my hair. That, I realized is the difference not just during pregnancy but during out journeys. Your hair grows all the time. The difference between noticing that hair growth and having no visual proof of growth is how you care for and protect you hair from roots to ends.
My Personal Experience
My first pregnancy marked the beginning or the first chapter of my natural hair journey. For MY type 4 blend hair I realized after error that I needed to do the LCO method which I have blogged about before. That is the way I became consistent in seeing the proof of my hair growth. The pictures shown are the progress I made from prenatal to post natal. (2 1/2 years of growth) 
The one thing that I did not calculate was the postnatal hair shedding I would experience! Postnatal shedding is the accelerated shedding of a mother's hair three to six months after giving birth. It has been said that some women experience this hair loss in CLUMPS!! Yes I said clumps! But, thankfully my shedding wasn't as bad as it could have been. At times I did have a hand full of shed hair but it was not in clumps whatsoever. To prevent a crazy amount of shedding I did two black tea rinses in a time span of 4 months. Needless to say, the potential issue I could have had with hair loss was evaded.
Now that I am pregnant with my second child and on the second chapter of my natural hair journey I am looking to retain as much length (growth) as possible by protecting my hair and keeping my naturally dry type 4 blend hair as moisturized as possible by sealing my ends and wearing protective styles. As for the hair loss that I could possibly run in with after having my baby I'll do the black tea rinses as I did before. Here are some examples of the protective styles I have done so far. (1) Finger Coils (2) Two Strand Twists
(3) Marley Braid Twisted Updo
The Wrap-Up
Whether pregnant or not our natural hair needs TLC and through research we learn how to provide the best TLC for OUR hair. Through my experiences I've learned that when anything hormonal happens in the body our hair needs more attention and care to maintain the health that we might otherwise lose by neglecting or doing the bare minimum for our hair. At the end of the day, love you hair and it'll love you back!
Hope You all Have a Blessed One!
Stay Koily and Kute!
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