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Losing Hair!

monkey_mcfeemonkey_mcfee member
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I’m 11 weeks and losing so much hair off my head! Every time I shower there’s a ton in the shower drain catch and then more when I comb my hair - gross! 

My doctor says my hormone levels are normal, but I’m curious of anyone else had this happen?
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Re: Losing Hair!

  • knottiec1bd6c5399b4642aknottiec1bd6c5399b4642a member
    I've been losing a lot of hair, but I think it's because they put me on levothyroxine for my hypothyroidism this pregnancy.
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  • monkey_mcfeemonkey_mcfee member
    I wonder if that might be it. They upped my level of thyroid meds this time but I didn’t connect the dots
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  • knottiec1bd6c5399b4642aknottiec1bd6c5399b4642a member
    That's probably it, then. I read that hair loss is a side effect of levothyroxine. I wasn't on it for my first pregnancy, and I didn't have this kind of hair loss (in fact, I had the opposite). It kind of sucks because usually people have less hair loss during pregnancy and then they lose a bunch post-partum, but we'll just be dealing with it all along. Oh well! 
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  • lovestina425lovestina425 member
    Im 9 weeks and the same is happeneing to me, however I don't have thyroid disorders :/ 
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  • monkey_mcfeemonkey_mcfee member
    Good news is my doctor said not to worry about it, so it’s probably fine. There’s also a thing where your body goes into mini shock with the change in hormones and becomes brittle at the root so in that case it’s not hair loss, but rather hair breakage. 
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