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Two summers ago I started skipping my best friend's pool parties because I couldn't put my hair up without seeing how thin it had gotten. I was 32. I had a 4-year-old and a 6-month-old. I was so tired I cried when my husband asked what was for dinner. My OB ordered a CBC. "Everything looks great," she said. "Postpartum shedding is normal. It'll resolve." It didn't. Eight more months and I was vacuuming my pillow in the morning. My ponytail was the width of a pencil. I'd developed a weird thing where my heart raced going up the stairs. My doctor told me it was anxiety. It wasn't anxiety. A friend of mine — a nurse — told me my doctor had run the wrong test. She said hemoglobin only tells you part of the story. There's another number, deeper in your bloodwork, that almost no GP checks unless you specifically ask. She was right. What I found out about that number, and what it took to actually move it, is the whole reason I'm posting this. If you're a year or two postpartum and your hair is still in the drain every morning, please read this before you spend another month wondering what's wrong with you. → Read the full breakdown here https://get.orobody.com/LP1