My hair is falling out

[Mirage]

When I got up this morning,I looked at my pillow & saw absolutely loads of hair on it.I've always had lots of thick hair & do tend to shed it a lot,but this was ridiculous,there was just so much.

I'm wondering if its hormonal,as dd2 is 17wks now,plus I started taking Cerazette 4wks ago & one of the side effects is hairloss.I'm also under quite a bit of stress ATM,so suppose it could be that.I don't know what to do to try & stop it.I'm actually worried about washing my hair in case even more drops out.

Hopefully it is just usual hairloss after pregnancy which most of us experience, 17 weeks sounds about right for this starting. I remember it does look like an awful lot coming out. Apparently hairloss during pg slows right down due to better blood supply to the scalp but then you lose all the hairs you would have lost normally anyway afterwards. So it looks like loads but is really your hair going back to "normal for you" level of thickness. If you suspect the cerazette you could always try another form of contraceptive and see if it makes a difference.

i used to get a handful of hair out of my hairbrush every morning when my kids were about this age. its no thinner now than before i was pg tho. dont worry, it'll be fine. dont think theres much you can do about it

Yep. I've had this after every pregnancy. Bummer isn't it?
It stops though after about 3 months IME.

I had alot of hair loss as well and is stopping now, my son is 5 months old.

Top tip alert ....Get one of those mesh things for your plug hole.

Thanks for the reassurance.I had visions of me sporting a 'comb over'.I washed my hair earlier & there still seems plenty of it left on my scalp!

Spidermama,good idea,theres nothing worse than trying to get hair out of a plughole.Urghhhh!