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Shedding like a damned dog
Published May 16, 2009 | 
I know that during pregnancy, our hair is all lustrous and beautiful (supposedly…) because it’s not falling out like it normally does.
And I know that after the baby arrives, hormone levels return to normal.
But is it seriously normal that, three months later, I’m taking a shower, I run my hands through my hair, and I’m pulling out CLUMPS? Ughhh. Disgusting.
So then when I get out of the shower, I’m drying off, and there are these horrible hairs (from my head!) clinging to my thighs, and I’m trying to wipe them off but then they get stuck on my hands… and wrapped around my fingers… and before you know it I’m cursing like a sailor because I feel like I’m never going to escape from my own hair which is crawling down from my own head.
Is this normal?
My first guess is that you probably aren’t brushing your hair as much as you used to. Therefore, it looks like you are loosing a lot of hair. Brush your hair before you get into the shower and see what happens then.
I was going to post about this last week but with the move I got distracted.
I swear that when I got out of the shower I had to make my Hubby take a look, there was a small dog left in there. I feel like I’m going to be bald in a month.
We went to the doctor a couple of days later and asked about it. She said its totally normal.
I really wouldn’t know since I’m a guy and guys don’t know about these things. I was a dad some time ago (way long) and if I remember correctly my hair did fall out. Oh not in clumps or anything like that but more than I could afford. In the morning my pillow was covered with the critters. I was frantic and glaring at the baby accusingly didn’t help. Once the hormones levelled off though the thinning went on more normally. Was told to cut down on salt which I did. Hope that helps. ps. Did your sense of taste start to go as well? Mine did and hasn’t recovered to this day.
I haven’t gotten to the hair-falling-out stage yet, but I will be sad when I do. It nice to know that even though I felt as big as a house while pregnant, I at least had great hair!
I remember those days… especially the hair on the thighs after the shower bits… It’s all part of the hormonal rebalancing act. It does grow back… and it does stop falling out in small dog-sized clumps too! Have faith!
I didn’t have the hair falling out stuff. I never had the lustrous hair though, either, so it’s only fair. I do have a couple of friends who went through that and were pretty freaked out by it. It’s normal. Which doesn’t make it not suck.
@Gala: True. Brushing my hair is one of those luxuries I forget to make time for
@Jinxy: Hehehe re: small dog! I told my husband about it and he was like “Uhhh… isn’t your hair falling out in clumps bad?”
@wineslutz: No, I haven’t lost any sense of taste, thank goodness. Thanks for dropping by! Sometimes I wish glaring would solve problems too
@Lori: Like it’s not bad enough that none of my clothes fits right and I have bags under my eyes, I have to be going bald too… sigh!
@newfiehun: The hair on the thighs is just killer. Like I’m spinning a cocoon around myself or something.
@Cara: Your hair is so cute already, if it were more lustrous and full I’d be SUPER jealous.
This post made me laugh like a sumbitch. One day I will post about where I find hair while I shower. And carefully pulling the hairs out (yes, out) of the places I find them without breaking them is sometimes a challenge, but….
I had to come back and re-read your post today because I have finally reached the “holy shit my hair is falling out” post-pregnancy stage! I hate it. Boooooo.