I'm another one who has experienced changes in my hair texture.  It 
went from stick-straight to almost ringlets (but only in the back! 
the sides stayed straight) and then returned to straight all over. 
The change was pretty dramatic -- people asked if I'd had my hair 
permed.  This happened gradually through my first pregnancy and 
lactation, the curls persisted for a couple of years, and gradually 
went away during my last pregnancy and lactation.  So in my case it 
did not seem to be related to breastfeeding.

Margaret
Longmont, CO



>I received a call from a former client yesterday who asked me whether 
>breastfeeding (hormones, body state) might have any effect on her 
>hair becoming 
>straight rather than its' usual curliness.  This is a new one for me but  told
>her I'd post to see if anyone has heard this complaint before.  We  discussed
>the normal hair loss pp due to an increase in hair growth during 
>pregnancy and
>as far as hair goes, that's the only area of concern I've heard  from moms and
>unfortunately, it, like other things, is often blamed on  breastfeeding.  The
>mom with the question of curls to straight hair has a 9  mos old who receives
>mixed feeds, and mom is still on domperidone (of importance  to consider, mom
>is 50 yr).  She also states she's been told that her  sciatica is worse due
>to relaxin hormone, but I thought this was released during  pregnancy. 
>Thoughts on this?  Thank you in advance for  responses. 
>
>Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC

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