I haven't been to this list in years! Like 7 or 8! Wow. I've gotten married and had 2 kids in that time, which brings me to my question... After the birth of my daughter in Sept. 2000, My voice went wacko - breathy and skipping out and lower in pitch - I sounded like a boy going through puberty! I knwo this was due to the prego hormones, but 7 months later things are a little better, but not much. My phonation doesn't skip out as much , but my voice still fatigues easily and I used to be soprano, now I'm a tenor! Seriously! I can comfortably sing in the octave below middle c and lower! and I don't have anything much above an a or b above middle c.
Here's the thing, I only sing what I guess would be called recreationally now - I sing in church and in choirs, etc, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. I am clasically trained with a Bmus (which seems ages ago now) and I'm afraid to start in on vocalises and such for fear of damaging anything because everything is so out of wack.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to talk with my doctor this week and perhaps ask to see a laryngologist. Am I just impatient in thinking this should be at least starting to clear up by now? Has this happened to anyone else? I'd really appreciate any feedback!
Sarah
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