three months postpartum..hair falling out. :-(

vange · November 2009

My brush is full of it. Should I be taking a iron supplement? I take my prenatal sporatically.

Anyone else with hair loss?

Celyn · November 2009

It happens to most people. You don't shed when you're pregnant, so all the hairs that would have shed over that time start coming out afterward.

NorCalSuperwife · November 2009

Mine started falling out (practically in clumps) at exactly 3 months. There must be a big hormone change and 3 months because that's when a bunch of stuff changed for me.

Nothing I did stopped it. I just waited and it calmed down around the 6 month mark.

ZoeMay06 · November 2009

NorCalSuperwife:
Mine started falling out (practically in clumps) at exactly 3 months. There must be a big hormone change and 3 months because that's when a bunch of stuff changed for me.

Same here. It has slowed down a bit, but I still have to clean out the hair catcher thingy in the shower practically every day. I thought I wouldn't have any hair left when it first started happening! Sadly, I don't think there's much you can do except wait it out.

oceanangelbeauty · November 2009

Sorry this is happening...................

Mrs.BoomBoom · November 2009

I'm going to miss my beautiful mane of pg hair!

quesarah · November 2009

Same thing happened to me. The hair growing back in is super annoying too boo.

amyfelice · November 2009

Soo not looking forward to this!

tri_bride05 · November 2009

Ditto everyone else - started around 3 months tapered off about 6 months. Unfortunately, you just have to wait it out.

green*eyes · November 2009

I was afraid it would become noticeably thinner, because I was losing what appeared to be huge amounts every day... but it stopped as suddenly as it started and now it seems like it did before pg.

tri-reader · November 2009

Like PP said. I'm going through it right now and have been for a month.

mrs.meteowrite · November 2009

Whew! Good news! I'm almost to the six month mark. The shedding is such a pain. I never been able to decide if I'm more bummed about the thinning hair or the mess it makes all over the house.

VandJ-Forever · November 2009

unfortunately...totally normal fo rmost....hang in there, it'll slow down!

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