Cutting Your Hair After Having a Baby

Did You Cut Your Hair Off?

January 16, 2008

Many new moms have a tendency to snip off their locks because they believe it will make their new found life easier – no messing with the blow-dryer or having to style it.

I find the opposite to be true — long hair can be easily tied back in a ponytail. What do you think?

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40 Comments

yoan190 5 years 16 weeks

I cut my hair even on my first trimester. It's quite short but somehow I find it suits me better, and I don't need so much time to wash it or dry it.

POPSUGAR Celebrity 5 years 16 weeks

long hair all the way!

POPSUGAR Celebrity 5 years 16 weeks

long hair all the way!

Buffy 5 years 18 weeks

I kept mine long..short hair is more work for me than long since I can just throw it in a ponytail if I don't have time to style it

luckyme 5 years 18 weeks

I'm with Greggy. I can't pull mine back either. It's so thick that it hurts like he!! after a half hour. I chopped it and I don't regret it for a second. Another reason I'm happy it's short? About 3 months after she was born I started shedding like a balding middle aged man. I was losing so much hair...I can't imagine what we would have been dealing with if it was long. Our drains and vacuum would have to be cleaned out daily. Yuck!

Huckleberry 5 years 18 weeks

My mother has always owned a Salon so I never have the same look for long

Huckleberry 5 years 18 weeks

My mother has always owned a Salon so I never have the same look for long

lynettes 5 years 18 weeks

I already had short hair and kept it that way!

msshellokitty 5 years 18 weeks

I didn't cut my hair with any of my pregnancies.I loved how pregnancy made my hair grow and I was about to cut it.I just put it in a bun and I'm on my way.

pattilup 5 years 18 weeks

i cut my hair before both babies. i have really thik hair, and though i love it long (my preferred choice), it's easier to deal with short. i should mention that short for me is just above the shoulder, which i suppose is long for other moms. i'm still able to put mine in a ponytail. i let it grow in the two years between births, and by the end it was too much to handle--always getting in the way when i was leaning over to help my toddler. also, like others have mentioned, being in a ponytail or a bun all the time did no favors to my hair or myscalp. i look forward to the day when i can have my long hair and have the time to properly take care of it!

melissabritt 5 years 18 weeks

I had long hair while I was pregnant & my hairdresser wasn't about to mess with it. After baby(s) I had 2 back to back I kept it long...until I got into a preppy phase with my clothes...my kids were 1 & 2. Then i cut it to a bob....it had nothing to do w/my kids but the minute it was gone, I majorly regretted it. Now it's long again & I am never going short again. I'm going to be an old lady with long hair. So I'll have it in a bun...at least it'll be long. New mom's don't chop your hair. Get a cool stroller or some new jeans or something. ;)

melissabritt 5 years 18 weeks

rourke13 5 years 18 weeks

I unfortunately cut it really short thinking it would be easier and that was far from the truth. Plus add in the post-preggo face and it really wasn't working for me. Now 4.5 yrs later, I finally have long hair and a kickin' body from working my butt off. I finally got sick of looking like the frumpy mom.

WhatTheFrockBlog 5 years 18 weeks

I'm not a mom but almost every mom I know has cut her hair short during pregnancy. I kept my hair short for many, many years and it took way longer to style than it does now, and it's the longest it's ever been now. And I never, ever wear ponytails. Ever.

WhatTheFrockBlog 5 years 18 weeks

I'm not a mom but almost every mom I know has cut her hair short during pregnancy.I kept my hair short for many, many years and it took way longer to style than it does now, and it's the longest it's ever been now. And I never, ever wear ponytails. Ever.

Bookish 5 years 18 weeks

I chopped mine pretty short, but I stopped coloring when I found out I was pregnant, so I had six inches of virgin hair followed by probably seven inches of hair that was orangey and dry from peroxide (hair color does not like my hair!). So I chopped off the previously colored stuff. The cut was weird for a while, but it was just a stepping stone to growing it out long again, so it was tolerable.

meandtheo 5 years 18 weeks

Kept my hair long. It ends up in a ponytail a lot of the time but at least i have the option to wear it down and bring the sexy back when I feel like it!

backfat 5 years 18 weeks

With my first I chopped it off about the third trimester. How stupid was I? I had long beautiful hair and I haven't been able to grow it that long and keep it healthy at the same time since. I told my husband this time to ban me from haircuts. I've gone blonde instead of getting a crazy chop this time.

backfat 5 years 18 weeks

phoebeex3 5 years 18 weeks

My hair was really long during my 1st & 2nd trimester but during the 3rd, the day before my baby shower I got frustrated with tending to it and chopped it all off. At the time I loved my new bob but looking back I would have totally just put it up in a bun and call it a day. Next pregnancy I'm keeping my long locks.

Shanabbey1215 5 years 18 weeks

I chopped mine and then to make matter worse. I GOT A PERM. it was horrible. 7 years ago, and I am still dealing with the curl in my otherwise straight hair. After my second daughter, i grew my hair out. No more chop offs for me.

Shanabbey1215 5 years 18 weeks

Shosh 5 years 18 weeks

I chopped mine and have spent the consequent year trying to grow it out!

gab6784 5 years 18 weeks

After my daughter was born I cut about 6-8 inchs off my hair... it was still long enough to put in a ponytail but short enough that I didn't really need to brush it.