I predict...

... that by the time this breastfeeding gig is over I shall be bald as a baby (except my hairy baby, that is!). I have been losing my hair in fistfuls over the last few months. Apparently, it's another one of those delightful breastfeeding "benefits". I seriously get very scared and worried every time I wash my hair. At any given moment there is enough of my hair on the bathroom floor to make wonderful kindling for a nice sized fire. And I'm only joking a little bit on that. To ebb the loss, I went and had a nice hair cut, almost cut it in half actually, but there's still just as much. The hairs are just shorter now. But my hair dresser assures me it's just a normal hormonal thing related to breastfeeding and that the average person loses between 40 and 80 hairs a day anyway. Even with that, I still don't feel any less terrified about going bald. The grey creeping in there I've no choice but to accept. Bald spots are a big no-no. No can do.

So, again, the moral of this story is "be careful what you wish for." I always hated having such thick hair. While everyone else had cute, sleek ponytails, I had massive, bushy, full blown horse tails. Now I see the error of my ways. Seven months down, five months to go. Breastfeeding - out!