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Pregnancy hair

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Tootsiepops · 08/11/2015 06:56

38+1 today - on the final countdown now!

I haven't enjoyed very much about being knocked up, but I am really, really going to miss my lovely, thick, glossy pregnancy hair.

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MotiSen · 08/11/2015 14:20

So true! Thanks for that, I'd forgotten all about it. It even grew faster, as I recall, now. They need to bottle whatever it is. Gosh, what else do we forget about pregnancy, I wonder? But ... on the other hand, how come I can't forget those hideous elephant ankles?

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Skiptonlass · 08/11/2015 15:13

I looked like an ewok by the end... :/

When does it start to fall out normally? I'll miss the lush head hair but it'd be nice to not look like I'm wearing furry cycling shorts ...

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LittleBearPad · 08/11/2015 15:15

Don't worry you should have it a few more months. Mine started to go when DS was about four/five months.

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sepa · 08/11/2015 17:11

I thought the thread was going to be about excess hair. I haven't noticed my hair on my head any better (but I do bleach it)
I have hair on my (gorilla) belly which I didn't expect and my other unwanted hair grows quicker :(

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MaisieDotes · 08/11/2015 17:17

Mine stayed until DS was 3 months. Then it fell out solidly and copiously for a three month period. I had a receding hairline and everything. Then weird, horrible, frizzy weak hair began to replace it.

The when DS about 9 months I got pregnant again. I'm now 28 weeks. My hair doesn't know what to be doing with itself- I have some lovely think glossy bits and some shit short frizzy bits. I am dreading the mess that awaits me when this baby is 3 months!

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ALR123 · 08/11/2015 21:04

I'm very jealous, I was longing for this to happen to me but at 30 weeks my hairline has gone very fine and I look like I'm receding :-( bad times. Having a blood test this week to check my thyroid is okay because if I still go on to lose hair after baby's born, I'll be bald as a coot!