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Breastfeeders

I'm still losing LOTS of hair and Neena is almost 15 months old. I'm not sure this is normal. If you breastfeed are you still losing hair? If not, when did you stop losing hair? Extended breastfeeders, are you still losing hair? I'm just trying to figure out if there is a correlation between breastfeeding and continued hair loss.

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Neena Mae. 1/7/10
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  • I'm not a BFer, but I JUST stopped losing chunks of hair, El is 11mths almost a year old. The extra hormones could be affecting your hair. There is such a thing as pregnancy enduced alpecia.
  • imageVictoria6F:
    I'm not a BFer, but I JUST stopped losing chunks of hair, El is 11mths almost a year old. The extra hormones could be affecting your hair. There is such a thing as pregnancy enduced alpecia.

    I'm thinking it's time to see my midwife about this. :-( Mine is soooo bad. I know hair loss is normal after pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure what I'm experiencing is not normal. UGH!

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  • Perhaps you should get your thyroid checked out?
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  • I lost quite a bit within the first year, and it seems to have tapered off since around the 15 month mark (and little to none at 2 years).  For me it didn't seem to correlate with breastfeeding.  Do you think there is any correlation to weather (being dry, cold, etc) -- or prenatal vitamins?  Good idea to ask your midwife -- let us know what she suggests :)
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  • imageJ.Johnson-Smith:
    Perhaps you should get your thyroid checked out?

    This is what I was thinking. I have an overactive thyroid and that was one of the symptoms that I experienced as well. I also had achy joints and was/am always hot.

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  • imageMrs.Reem:

    imageJ.Johnson-Smith:
    Perhaps you should get your thyroid checked out?

    This is what I was thinking. I have an overactive thyroid and that was one of the symptoms that I experienced as well. I also had achy joints and was/am always hot.

    Sounds just like me. I complain about my hot flashes all of the time.

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  • I bfed G until 1 yr, but stopped losing hair in clumps by 6 months. I am still bfing Ingrid, but also stopped w/ excessive hair loss around 6 months.  I would ask your doctor about it.
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  • imageJ.Johnson-Smith:
    Perhaps you should get your thyroid checked out?
    This was my immediate thought.
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  • I am still BFing and haven't had any of this. I would definitely look into getting your thyroid checked. I am hypothyroid but experienced this when I was over-medicated.
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  • YES!  It will get better for a week or so and then clumps again!  Cole is 15 mos too and I nurse a couple times a day
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