When did your hair stop falling out after birth?!

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Mine started coming out when ds was around 12 weeks and 6 weeks later I'm still losing loads! I'm not worried about the amount as I lost nothing my entire pregnancy but it is getting really annoying. There is hair EVERYWHERE .

Ummm it was about six months for me, sorry!

DD is 6 months old and I still get clumps sometimes, sorry!

10 mths here and it has stopped but I can't remember exactly when, sorry!
Although now I have regrowth instead so have a lovely tufty fringe that sticks out horizontally. Lovely.

I don't remember with DD but DS is 14 weeks old and it is coming out in clumps. I carried on losing it throughout my pregnancy and I now actually have a couple of bald patches Really hoping it stops soon because I am getting quite worried about it.

Erk, it could go on for a few more months?! I may well be bald by then... Keep finding hairs in ds' nappy

Rather humorously his hair has started to fall out too - just on top, with a nice mullet look developing round the back. We are going to make an awesome pair.

With DS it started at 4 months, lasted until 8/9 months. I've always had really thick hair, which got even thicker during pregnancy, but more than the pregnancy hair fell out and it stopped just as I started to feel really thin on top. It took a good few months for it to start to thicken up again and DS was probably 18mo before I felt like it was pre-pregnancy normal again. DD is 5mo - started at 3 months and it is still going... Sigh.

FWIW, I think I suffer more than most of my friends did so I may not be typical, plus at no point was I ever really 'bald' - the worst was the few months where I felt very thin on top but I doubt it was noticeable to anybody except me and DH, and he probably only noticed because I whined about it so much!

Mine stopped at about 5-6 months both times. I used to have to tie my hair up day and night as it was getting everywhere!

Both of my DD's went bald on top in the weeks after birth. It must be something to do with the hormones. We used to call DD1 'sven' They've both got gorgeous hair now I've got weird tufty bits in my parting

ummm, i was unaware of this side effect. does it happen to everyone? my hair didn't get any thicker (at least it hasn't yet) so will it still fall out? jesus, i didn't know i had that to look forward to! how bad does it get?

I think for me it lasted about 2-3 months. My hair had got thicker during pregnancy and is now (9 months after birth) pretty much back to how it was before. Though I too have that lovely sticky-up fringe thing going from where the hair is growing back!

Argyle, yup, the list of charming side effects of having a baby goes on and on... :o

Im so glad I found this thread- I gave birth 9 months ago and had thought all the hair loss had finished months ago... then, literally overnight, I noticed two big gaps in my hair on the corner of my hairline replaced with two big tufts of hair ("like horns"... DH helpfully pointed out )

I thought I might have burnt it with my hairdryer but I think I would have noticed!

Do you think this sounds like normal hair loss after pregnancy- I didnt get it with DS1 but this time it was coming out in handfuls!

(goes off to look for a wig/ paper bag)

Mine didn't start falling out until about 4-5 months after the birth of my dd and carried on for months after that so don't fret

Mine was almost constant since birth up to to 5 months. Seems to have stopped in anger now.

I already had thick hair before I got pregnant so I didn't notice much difference in my hair during pregnancy. However my hair did fall out in clumps for about 15 months and I also grew an extra tuft/fringe on the corner of my hairline
I don't think I had any patches though despite losing a lot of hair.

Sorry that doesn't help at all :)

I have big bald triangles by my temples! I am actually receding...This upsets me.

Mine is just starting to settle and ds is almost 6 months.

I was wondering this too as hair loss started 4 weeks ago for me ( when ds was 12 weeks) and is falling out comstantly. V deprrssing as have v fine hair. Really hope it stops soon, can't bare the thought of goingald. Am thinning by temples

I didn't lose any until 8 months (when I stopped bf). Then it went on for about 3-4 months. DH hoovers and it drove him mad.

still going strong at 8 months. this thread gives me hope it might stop soon!

mine didn't stop falling out til 13 months when i stopped breastfeeding