I just wanted to open up to Glow...I have a terrible secret.

This is going to be my 5th baby I’m 7 weeks tomorrow but I have a terrible secret that I keep from most people and my social media. I know with this coming baby there will be so much joy but also will come a deep dark secret...Let me start out by saying ever since my first son I suffered terrible after his birth, I have a rare condition where I lose most of my hair. It started with him and gradually got worse with each child...my last was the worst. During the first half of my pregnancy I lost HALF of my hair it was so bad I had to cut it 🙁 then got even worse after I had him I was practically bald...and even to this day 3 years later my hair still is short and super thin. I’ve even been asked if I have cancer 😞😞, I’ve lost my sense of woman. I see other women with beautiful long hair, grows and is thick and doesn’t tangle. I wear wigs or extensions to get through the day. I just know this one will be the worst and I’m not prepared for it. I don’t want to be bald again 😕 I just wish I had someone out there who has been through what I’ve been through and gets it. I wish I could fix who I am, but I can’t...people look at me and think I’m sick or there’s something wrong with me. I just want to raise awareness about this condition and how debilitating it is.

I am alopecia.

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