Terrible hair loss

[Avonacha]

Hi ladies.
I'm pregnant with my second, I have a toddler who is 18 months. While I was pregnant with my first, I lost a LOT of hair. GP and midwives said my iron and vit D levels were normal and that it just happens with some women- so I never got the luscious hair everyone raves about. After I have birth the hair loss worsened and despite repeated blood tests, nothing abnormal was found. I took some over the counter hair vitamins which helped a little for a short while.

I'm now pregnant again and the vitamins aren't suitable to take anymore, and my hair is falling out crazy amounts!!! I've mentioned it to the midwife (bloods were normal) and she said it's because we shed hair in the summer??? I'm sure she would be more concerned if I showed her my shower drain lol.

Has anyone experienced similar and gotten to the bottom of it? I used to have thick hair and this is really getting me down, as well as bloody annoying because I find hair EVERYWHERE and just have to tie it up all the time now.

No wisdom to share I'm afraid but this happened to my friend. She shed so much hair you could see scalp, and nobody could give her any useful advice.

With her second, she got a pixie cut. It may or may not have made a difference - maybe it would have been different that time anyway but she definitely shed less after the cut. Possibly just because she didn't need to brush it much.

She's grown it long again now and the gaps have filled in nicely but it has never quite gone back to how it was before her first. Sorry I can't be more help.

Hello! I know this is an old post but thought I’d check in on how you are doing?

I am 7 weeks pregnant and losing hair like mad. 😮‍💨 This didn’t happen with my first! Xx