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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, I feel this. I cut my hair into a bob when I was pregnant the first time because I was so hot (early September baby, just sweltered in the DC heat in my third trimester) and it wasn't even a bad haircut but I hated how it made me look. I had not realized until I got it how much rounder my face was in pregnancy, and it also seemed like my neck looked thicker? I've worn my hair short lots of times before and normally my neck looks slender and my shoulders are narrow and well defined, and I just didn't realize how much bigger all of that looked until I had this sleek little bob sitting on top of it. That was my first "oh, I'm fat" moment of pregnancy and I hated it. Plus I did it before stuff like my shower and our baby moon, so I dislike pretty much all the photos of me at those events.

But yes, it grows! Well, then it also falls out when you are postpartum. But you get back to normal eventually.

The two best pieces of advice I have are:

1) Embrace volume. If you have any natural wave or curl in your hair, embrace it and play it up. I wore my hair curly and it helped balance me out a little bit. It wasn't the most fashionable look but it's hard to be very pregnant and fashionable anyway.

2) Get a nice straw hat with a broad brim. Now that the weather is warming up, you can wear it with a sundress and again, it's not like a high fashion look, but it will make you less self-councious of your hair and balance out your proportions a little bit.[/quote]

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