22 weeks, stress levels & hair loss! Help :(

[Mummamermaid]

Hello everyone

So I've noticed I've been incredibly stressed & teary the past week & have also noticed my hair has started falling out again much to my horror!

I've been loving not seeing loads of strands after I brush my hair while being pregnant but now it's gone back to pre pregnancy?

I've read online this is not normal? Has anyone else had any hair loss mid pregnancy?

I started up swimming again last week so am wondering(hoping) it's a mixture of chlorine & a tight swimming hat pulling my hair or maybe it's stress?

Trying so hard not to stress atm but everything just seems to be getting me down. My partner, friends, life in general. Just feel so sad & miserable & lost all motivation to even get out of the house :( just feel so sad all the time :(

Sorry you’re feeling this way right now.
At around 20 weeks my hair felt awful. It was very thin and kept breaking. Sadly not everyone gets the nice thick shiny hair.

I’d recommend going to speak to your midwife or doctor. Your hormones will be all over the place at the moment and can make you feel quite low. My midwife has been great with listening to me, suggesting things and giving advice so please confide in one of them and they can do a lot to support you!

I lost about two thirds of my hair between 23-16 weeks. It was almost waist length, never dyed, very thick and just lush. Ended up at the hairdresser's at 17 weeks having it cut up to my shoulders. Even the hairdresser was horrified at how much was coming out as she brushed it. I'm talking huge clumps every single time it was touched. Stopped falling out around 20 weeks, midwife laughed and said it's just luck of the draw. All my bloods are fine, nothing deficient. My leg, underarm, eyebrow, lip and pubic hair have all stopped growing too, just disappeared along with the beard I grew on my under-chin in the first few weeks 😄. Hopefully yours will stop falling out too after a few dramatic weeks! Are you having a girl by any chance?

*13-16 weeks