Hair Falling Out?

rp30318 · October 2010

Is anyone else shedding a ton of hair?

I notice it when I shower and when I put hair products in after the shower. My hand is covered with hair.

I thought pregnancy was supposed to make hair thicker...

ildali · October 2010

supposedly but i havent seen any difference, my hair continues to fall off just as much or the same as before getting pregnant.

jaejaevee · October 2010

Nope. Hair falling out is totally normal. For some people, it's even worse after pregnancy.

It's crazy how much I've lost between my two pregnancies. I used to not be able to circle my ponytail with my thumb and index finger (admittely, I have short fingers) and now I can and then some.

sandylou · October 2010

I remember people talking about this in 1st tri. Here is an article I just came across. You might mention it to your doctor.

https://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/hairloss.html

pmanolides · October 2010

Its weird, the first half of my pregnancy my hair was dry, brittle and falling out more than usual. Then in the second half all of the sudden it did a complete 180 and became thick, shiny and I barely lose any of it. I'm just assuming it won't last though and that it'll fall out in clumps after LO is born.