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Thinning hair

post #1 of 5
9/22/06 at 7:36am
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My hair always gets really full and thick during pregnancy and then goes back to normal in the months following. Brenna is over 4 months old though and my hair is still falling out in large amounts. In the shower I can pull out handfulls while washing my hair.
Did anyone else notice any drastic thinning of their hair postpartum?
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post #2 of 5
9/22/06 at 7:58am
My hair fell out postpartum, pretty good, too.
when they started eating solids and stopped nursing so much, I think that's when it started to slow down.
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post #3 of 5
9/22/06 at 9:45am
Oh I did. Real bad, REAL bad. I posted a whole thing here on it ... I went to the dr and they tested my thyroid and all of this stuff to see what was going on ... fo rme I was also getting my period ALL the time too- they put me on the novaring and it helped things - now my hair is thinner - but Scott actually recently told me that he noticed my hair is no longer falling out (not to be gross but our shower was FULL of hair DAILY- now not at all)
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post #4 of 5
9/22/06 at 12:05pm
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Our shower is too Dina. I even have to clean it out once in the middle of my shower because it completely covers the drain and water stops running through.
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post #5 of 5
9/22/06 at 12:10pm
Elaine I would touchbase with your dr... thinning hair is normal to a point ... I think what you are describing did sound like mine - and that is excessive!!! They do say thyroids can change after pregnancy so that could be it - but really, I would check, maybe its anemia? Or maybe your hormones are imblanced??

Check with the dr(it wouldnt hurt anyway)
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