Hair falling out like crazy!

[momoh]

My hair has suddenly decided to fall out like crazy 3 months after giving birth. Is this normal??

Yes.

I haven't stopped shedding and it's 4 years later...

yes. lasted a good 3-4 months. started also about 3 months pp

WanderingTrolley1 that's abnormal, you probably have ferritin deficiency anaemia.

Yes, It's called telogen effluvium. This happened to me after big ops and it took about 6months to come back.

Michael, all my blood tests have come back as normal - they're repeated every so often.

@gobbin are there no supplements I can take to stop it from falling?

As Michael said it might be worth having your iron/ferritin checked too - my hair also falls out when low (I have iron infusions every 8 wks for bowel disease). You can imagine what it looked like after the ops plus low iron, could see more skin than hair 😱

Much better now though. It's common after pregnancy so don't panic.

Yes yes to iron levels. Mine started falling out and this turned out to be the cause.

I felt largely fine in other respects apart from killer periods.

It's just that hair stops falling out when you as are pregnant, then it really sheds the back log when for baby arrives.

Yes

Sadly it's normal. I was completely bald on the left side of my head after my last baby. It was really awful!