Postpartum hair loss?!

Question

My baby is 14 weeks old. I just started loosing giant clumps of hair. I feel like I’m going to go bald in weeks if I continue to loose this much. Should I call my OB?

Answer

Nope, it’s normal. I started losing about that much around 3.5 months and it slowed down around 6 months but I’m not bald. 
I was told that it’s because your hair stops falling out while you’re pregnant (which is why it gets thicker) and now you’re losing all of the hair you would have naturally lost all those months.

Answer

This is normal. You stop losing hair so much in pregnancy because of the hormones, so your hair grows fuller and longer. Then once your baby is born, the postpartum shedding begins!

Answer

No, totally normal. It feels so abnormal, but it’s totally normal. It ended around 6 months for me, started at 14 weeks.

Answer

Yes

Postpartum hair loss?!

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