Parenting after a Loss

PP hair loss question

I have always bern a "heavy shedder" but this is getting ridiculous! We are talking about a couple handfuls of hair every morning and more on the floor and brush. I'm almost 4 months PP, when does this slow down?

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Re: PP hair loss question

  • For me it stopped around 4.5 months. And now I have these lovely regrowth hairs spiking about an inch and a half out of my hairline. It's super sexy.
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  • Mine started at 3 months and still going. I hate it.
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  • Didn't stop til DD was 9 months-ish. I suggest cutting your hair if its long. I don't know if BFing made it worse or what. Awful.
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  • Mine is still holding firm and I'm shocked because I always have shedding periods throughout the year. Hope it slows soon for you!
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  • It took 3 months the last time (I started shedding 3 months after losing Jane)...
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  • Been happening for me since 2.5 months. 

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  • This is me this week as well. I had a thyroid problem with my first pg and Synthroid did help with the hair loss. However, my levels were fine this pg, so no medication for me, and I didn't have much hair loss during pg.

    This week, it has been coming out by the handfuls in the shower, and every time I brush my hair. I think I'll be bald within a few weeks. I've heard it could last up to a year.  =(

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  • Unfortunately with DS#1 (who is 3-1/2 now), it didn't stop until middle of my pregnancy with DS#2!!!!   So far I haven't got it yet but I am expecting the hair loss to start up soon.   :(
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  • Mine was worst between 3 and 6 months PP.  I agree to get a healthy cut if you have long hair, then another healthy cut once it's grown back in and your roots are way thicker than your ends.
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  • Still going for me!  I have always shed also, but it stopped around 2nd Tri and didn't pick back up again until about 3.5m pp.  
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  • Same here!  I have a ton of hair and have always shed but omg this is crazy right now.  I noticed it happening about 2 weeks ago.
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  • Still going at 9 months PP.

    It's going to be a fugly disaster when all these baby hairs come in.

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  • I have a ton of hair normally and shed whenever my thyroid is off, but PP shed was something else.  It got to where I had to clean out the shower drain 2-3 times during every shower and then I'd fill my brush 1-2 times after that.  It finally lessened about 5m PP and now at 6m PP I can make it through an entire shower without cleaning out the drain and only mostly fill my brush.  So, it's not completely back to "normal," but it's considerably better.  The crazy thing is, I don't have a bald spot.  I'm that girl that used to have a pony tail that was so thick that no clip on the market could hold it.  Now, just about any clip can.
    BFP#1 4/17/10...EDD 1/6/11...M/C 5/28/10 BFP#2 11/19/10...EDD 8/4/11 Squeaker born 7/30.
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