Is this normal PP hair loss and when will it stop?!

[Onedropbeat]

I’m now 5.5 months postpartum and my hair loss started towards end of August.

Each time I wash my hair it comes out in clumps, my hair brush is clearer eveytime I use it and there’s always a clump there.
There are hairs everywhere. I’m now having to vacuum daily because of me and my hair everywhere!
Each time I look at my clothes they are covered in freshly shed hairs
Every time baby is put down for a short while I pick her up to find she’s got hair in her hands.
If I put my hair in a ponytail now I can feel that it is about a third of the thickness it was before it started falling out.

I thought it would fall out for a few weeks or a month and then stop. But it’s over 2 months now and I just look a straggly mess

I’ve been taking hair and nail supplements but it’s not doing anything it seems

I had hair loss post covid. I got a blood test from GP which showed low iron levels, so took an iron supplement and used a caffeine shampoo. Seems to have done the trick thankfully as it's scary losing so much hair!

Maybe gp for blood test, check iron, thyroid etc?

I lost quite a bit between 3 and 6 months PP but yours sounds a lot. Agree with PP, get a blood test. Iron and thyroid issues both can cause hair loss. I lost a lot when I was low on iron (not PP though).

I'm currently going through the same thing and it is starting to improve 6 months on. I have even had a receding hairline but that is thankfully growing back! A few friends have assured me they went through the same and it's normal so try not to stress if you can help it

Mine did the same. It does grow back eventually. Hair and nail vitamins do help. You'll soon see a little fringe of baby hairs growing back.

Iron & thyroid check
Take biotin and a good well woman vitamin
Mine stopped after starting on iron again and happily growing back

Its awful when it happens. It upset me a lot x

Yes - each and every time for me! I also get a receding hairline at the front and then all snapped off at the back.And even though the amount of hair I’ve lost/am losing can look really frightening I know that it’s just the stuff that doesn’t fall out when I’m pregnant- for me, at least, it’s not anything ‘extra’ that I’m loosing. What you’ve described sounds ‘normal’ in my experience - but I do have really thick hair. So there’s usually some element of finding it all over the place/on carpet where I get ready/ in brushes/ cutting out of hoover anyway. It does stop eventually but I can’t quite remember when. Congrats on your baby x

It was awful for me too, between 3 and 6 months pp, twice! It did suddenly stop though. Although I was convinced I’d get bald patches I didn’t, it got really thin round the front in particular. Then I got tufty bits all over the place as it grew back.
It’s horrid but does sort itself out eventually. Worth asking gp for blood tests to rule out other issues.

@Onedropbeat I’m going through this myself it’s so depressing my hair is the same it has gone very very thin I’ve always had very thick hair before pregnancy so I wash shocked when my hair started to fall out after having my daughter mine has been going on for 2 months too and it’s not stopping I did have my blood drawn to check my thyroid and iron levels ect everything came back normal but I do lose around 400 strands a day easy and when I shower / brush my hair it’s really really bad too I’m taken prenatals but not seen any changes yet alott of people say there’s stops around the 6 month mark I’m hoping mine does too as I’ll have non left if I don’t 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hope yours calms down soon for you
Loiis X

@Loiis12345 my baby is now 6.5 months and the full on shedding has slowed down and is now just a few strands of hair a day

I hope yours slows down too. It felt like it lasted for ages

@Onedropbeat yeah I hope so it does feel like it’s never gonna end each day I wake up I’m like no my hair is just thinner and thinner wtf 😳 😂🤦🏻‍♀️
Least I can be prepared next time x