I'm losing my hair!!!

kelkel042305

I'm starting to freak out!  My hair thickened up a ton when I was pregnant, my guess from the prenatal vitamins but now that i'm not taking them anymore, i'm shedding like crazy.  And when I comb out my hair after showering, chunks are coming out with the comb!  Did this happen to anyone?  Please tell me i'm not going to be bald in a couple of months!!!  My hair was thin before I got pregnant so i'm not sure if its just going back to norma, I hope that is all it is. 

sassylassy

You are totally fine hun.  This is perfectly normal. You normally lose 100 per day but when your pg ends it increases significantly.  Its a lot more noticeable with long hair.  I just cut my hair and it seems like a lose a lot less but not really, my long hair would get stuck in my other hair so when i would brush or wash it i would have MASSIVE amounts.  I can assure you that you are not going bald.

mrs.magoo

Yup, I'm shedding like crazy...

EastCoastFamily

It's fine.  I'm not losing hair like that, just strands here and there like I used to but from what you're describing, I've heard that it's *totally* normal.  Alarming, yes, but also normal.  I read somewhere that when you're pregnant, "your hormones cause your hair to stop shedding like it normally would.  So technically, that beautiful hair was never yours to keep."  I thought that was a good way of putting it. 

JennyMisHappy

I just stopped losing lots of mine.  It lasted for months and I never went bald, so I think you will be fine!

Jenny

Mrs.LD813

I've never been pg, but I lose a TON of hair.  It's ridiculous.  When I brush it, when I run my fingers through it, all. the. time.  And let's not talk about showering.  Clumps fall out.  It is SO annoying.  Also, and this may be TMI, I hate when it slides down my back and gets stuck...you guessed it...in my butt crack!!!! GRRR!