not sure where to post...hair loss???

[bellydancemommy]

My baby is 4 months old now and I am losing TONS of hair!!!!! My other daughter is 6 years old and I can't remember if this is normal or not. I can pull 5 or 6 handfulls out in the shower. I have really thick hair luckily but, I wanted to double check that this is normal and how long do you all think it will last? Thanks so much! robyn

[javilu]

Hair loss is normal because during pregnancy most of your hairs were in a growth phase and you lost less hair than usual, and now they are going back to a normal state with the "extra" hair from pregnancy shedding. It should only last a month or two and sort of regulate itself. If it keeps up longer than that, some might advise you to seek medical advice, as it could be thyroid-related. But some temporary hair loss a few months following pregnancy is totally normal.

[TzippityDoulah]

it happens to me about 5 months pp. it always bums me out. i took really good care of nyself this pregnancy so i wonder if i will loose a little less. I know people always say it's b/c you dont loose much when you're pregnant, but I always end up with less hair PP than I started out with before the pregnancy and it doesn't come back. so my guess it's the hormonal hair thing and a nutritional thing for some people.

[new2texas]

Totally normal, I didn't lose a single hair during either of my pregnancies, so after the babies were born all that extra hair came out by the handful. It lasted a few months and then went back normal.

[bellydancemommy]

Thank you!

Thank you so much for the replies! That makes me feel so much better! Robyn

[Veritaserum]

I've had five babies and I've only lost hair after baby #5. It turned out that I've got thyroid trouble. While hair loss can be normal, it's also a symptom of other things being out of balance in your body.

[dziwozony]

my ds2 is 4.5mo & i'm going through the same thing! i'm so tired of having hair all over all of my clothes (& bubs as well! & the carpet, & bed, & you get the picture...). it WILL stop, you're not going bald :-)

[javilu]

Originally Posted by dziwozony

my ds2 is 4.5mo & i'm going through the same thing! i'm so tired of having hair all over all of my clothes (& bubs as well! & the carpet, & bed, & you get the picture...). it WILL stop, you're not going bald :-)

my sister has a baby a few weeks older than mine. she visited recently and between the two of us i was cleaning shedded hairs up all over the place! doesn't help that her hair is down past her waist, too...