Had a baby 5 months ago and my hair is still falling out!!

[babysunshine20]

Hi, had my baby 5 months ago and my hair is still falling out. Its worse when I've washed my hair. When will this stop? Any other mothers out there and its still happening to them now?x

It's really normal I've found that the hair loss peaks at around 5 months it should settle down soon :)

That's bang on track. Hair loss seems to reach its peak 6 months after birth!

Hair loss can be delayed if you bf. I lost a lot at about 9 months when we cut feeds down.

My hair loss started at 6-7 months when I stopped bf. It only lasted a couple of months but I was left with loads of annoying short bits as it grew back.

Hair falls out after pregnancy?? I didn't know this I have horribly thin hair as it is

I'm breastfeeding my 8 month old and my hair is still looking thin. I've been told it should improve when I stop breastfeeding... We'll see.

It might be worth getting your iron levels checked out as this can affect hair loss. Though after having a baby sent it a year for your hair to recover? I lost a lot of hair but it turned out my iron levels were really low.

Rummikub beat me to it, I lost loads due to low iron

It's normal.. One of the most irritating parts of sprogging you have the itchy spiky stage to look forward too when it grows back.

Mine fell out until 8 or 9 months IIRC. Carried on BF after that though and it stopped falling out. Am pregnant again now and my hair is fabulous

Prepared for weird monk fringe again in 6 months or so though.

you have the itchy spiky stage to look forward too when it grows back.

Sounds like that time I shaved my pubes.