I feel your pain! I just did the BC 2 months ago, after an 11-month transition, and although I have about 6 inches of hair all around, it's a TWA due to shrinkage. All I can tell you is that the last time I grew a TWA out (about 9 years ago), I left my hair alone. Kept it clean and moisturized, and let the 'fro grow. No twisting. No braids/extensions. Nothing. On days when it was too much, I wore hats and scarves. As it grew long enough, I put it in two French braids down the sides of my head and slapped the hat back on or just wore it like that with some curly bangs if I did them nicely enough. It grew out to APL/BSL (and this was back in the day when they didn't have products for our natural hair!) before I was dumb enough to bleach it blonde and murder my curls. For some heads, the less you mess with your hair, the nicer it is to you, even if it doesn't look super cute for a while. That's the stage I'm in right now; living with not so super cute hair in flat twists under a hat for the time being until I can get it back to the waist length it was when I decided to transition back to natural. Good luck on your journey!