Congrats TLC
I normally stretch for 16 weeks. Right now I've been stretching for over 1 year and 3 months. I have 9 more months to go. After that I'm going to relax sometime in 2012, either February or June of 2012.
Not to digress, I hope you attain the length you are striving for. Congrats
Before my HHJ, I used to relax every 4 months. I thought everyone did it. lol.
Relaxed ladies in the house!
I did a pregnancy stretch that included 4 weeks prior to getting pregnant (because I happened to get preggers 4 weeks into my relaxer) and 4 weeks post pregnancy, so right at 46 weeks. I really wanted to go ahead and make a year but couldn't quite get there.
^^^Are you relaxed? What did you do to maintain?
Technically, I have been transitioning because I was trying to go natural, but I decided last week to get a relaxer. So I've been *stretching*/transitioning for a year. It's been very rough and very hard on my pockets. I have decided to relax after a full year tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to seeing whether this year-long transition/stretch without a relaxer has been harmful or beneficial to my hair. I feel like I've lost a great deal of hair and my hair feels much drier because I didn't know how to keep this thang moisturized. But it may be longer or fuller than it was before. I find out tomorrow and I'm super nervous.