Show Notes:
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Table of Contents
0:30 Welcome to the podcast
1:30 Thank you to our sponsor Liquid IV
2:15 Kicking of with a listener question
4:15 Postpartum hair loss: common and difficult
4:30 Heather’s hair loss journey, hair as identity factor
6:35 Hair quality and scalp health
8:20 Pregnancy haircut planning
9:40 Hair loss postpartum: what happens
13:15 A pregnancy old wive’s tale revealed!
13:55 Haircuts postpartum
15:10 None of this relates to breastfeeding! Surprise!!
15:50 Sometimes not even your doctor understands this!
16:17 How the myth is created
17:00 Evidence shows, breastfeeding and hair loss aren’t linked
17:30 A couple things you can try
18:15 Vitamins, minerals connected with hair regrowth
19:20 Consider getting bloodwork done postpartum
20:20 A drug that may help with postpartum hair loss
21:20 General good health, a great start
22:15 We hear you: this is hard!
23:23 Postpartum expectations, a discussion
24:35 Bodies are always changing: it’s beautiful!
24:45 Heather recommends book: 7 Times a Woman
26:05 Be where you are
26:35 Thank you to our sponsor The Wandering Womb
27:15 The Milk Minute Award in the Alcove!
28:35 Thank you for listening!
Resources
Postpartum Support International
https://www.postpartum.net/
7 Times a Woman book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18428559-7-times-a-woman
Credits and contact
Thanks to Cherie Louise Turner for editing and production and to Lindsay Brett Carothers for her musical stylings of our intro and outro.
Additional music credits, thank you Wataboi and Mazzaccaro from Pixabay.
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