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Ashley Grahamis opening up about one of her biggest — and most traumatic — postpartum surprises.
In a new interview withParents, the mom of one, 33, revealed that she went through a period of significant hair loss in the months after giving birth to sonIsaac Menelik Giovanniin January 2020.
Graham, who shares her son with longtime husband Justin Ervin, said that her “whole hairline fell out” around four months after welcoming her first child.
“And that was more traumatic than even birth because I was like, ‘My hair’s falling out in clumps — what am I doing?’ and then I realized it’s actually a thing,” she explained.
“My skin got a bit irritated as well, and I had a little bit of rosacea that I had to combat,” added Graham.
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Graham also discussed the difficulty of losing weight after giving birth, dispelling the notion that the “weight falls off” if a mother breastfeeds.
“That was BS. And I’m still working on like 20 pounds,” she said. “When I say working on, I just kind of look at it every day like, ‘Hello, new body.’ And that’s just kind of how I go on with it.”
“The rewards are daily,” she told the outlet. “Isaac brings us so much joy, just watching him grow and learn. And he’s so inquisitive. And he’s so curious. And he’s a big adventurer.”
“So, I have to say it’s a daily joy being around him. It just makes me want to have more and more,” Graham added.
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Earlier this year, the model revealed in aprofile forWSJ. Magazinethat she is excited to continue growing her family.
“I would get pregnant yesterday if I could,” Graham said in the interview.
She then added, “I’ve ‘accidentally’ had unprotected sex while I’m ovulating just to see if I can while I’m breastfeeding.”
“January, you were earth-shattering and ground-breaking for me,” she said of the month she gave birth to her son. “… I learned to love in a way that I never knew I could love. Never. People tell you, people try to explain it to you, but you don’t know love until you have a child of your own like that.”
source: people.com
