Is you hair falling out?

wendiandnate · April 2012

I have read that during pregnancy your hair doesn't fall out and the normal rate and that after birth it kind of catches up and an increase is expected. However, at the rate I'm going I'm going to be bald after another two months of this! Anyone else? I may wander into the wonderful world of hair extensions soon!

shortstuff15 · April 2012

It usually slows down after a few months. I am losing more then I remember with my first, but I know it's normal. By about 6 months it usually slows down and starts to go back to normal hair loss. Keep in mind you aren't losing your good hair, it's just the extra that you gained while pregnant! And it will most likely grow back - although there is a small percentage of people who don't have it grow back.

SoonToBeMsP · April 2012

No, but I wish I were losing some hair! It's still barely falling out, so my hair is a tangled mess!

Lhand11 · April 2012

It is nasty. I hate it. It gets everywhere.

kms34 · April 2012

Yes! In droves.

It's so bad i have to plug the bathroom sink, flip my head over and comb it over the sink so all the hair falls into it. My husband would vomit if he saw all that hair (he's so grossed out by hair on the floor, etc).

ksmall2012 · April 2012

My hair has always fallen out, but this is the worst it has ever been! I'm afraid I'm going to be bald by next month!

sanbry · April 2012

I just started shedding a ton, after no shedding at all while pregnant:/

kaybe24 · April 2012

I think I remember reading it starts falling out 3 months after giving birth and mine started falling out about that time. I brush my hair out before I wash it so it doesn't get in the shower.

KitKat83 · April 2012

Yes! It is so disgusting, I brush my hair before I shower and it still comes out in handfuls when I put conditioner it. Its like gross spider webs. And it gets everywhere, I'm always picking my hair off my shirt and my son's clothes and blankets. I hope it stops soon...

wendiandnate · April 2012

Glad to know I'm not alone! I'm usually a shedder anyways but this is getting ridiculous. My husband gets pretty grossed out by all the hair in the shower if I forget to clean it up. Egh.

Jessiree · April 2012

I am shedding like a dog in the summer! But I distinctly remember not shedding at all the last half of being pregnant, so it's just catching up now... I do hope it ends soon though, it is pretty gross!

meg_2006 · April 2012

Gosh, yes! DS is pulling out clumps of it. One of my first pregnancy symptoms was my hair falling out like this (only worse, actually). It stopped by the middle of my second trimester but is starting again. Double whammy!

eklanger · April 2012

Mine is always super thick. I am looking forward to going back to normal thick hair.

Izabella22 · April 2012

kaybe24:
I brush my hair out before I wash it so it doesn't get in the shower.

I'm going to have to start doing that... while it was nice not to have to clean the shower drain for months I'll be glad once its done coming out, my hair is ridiculously thick to begin with so now its a mess and such a pain to dry. Plus DS keeps getting it wrapped around his fingers... ugh.

wendiandnate · April 2012

For you mammas with boys make sure when doing diaper changes that a strand doesn't fall into the new diaper. That pearl of advice was given to me by my cousin who said her poor son was screaming in pain and they couldn't figure out why until they realized a hair was wrapped tightly around his winky.

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