I thought (hoped) that I wouldn’t need to blog about this little issue. It was to be a temporary setback… a phase that would pass quickly without too much trauma. Unfortunately, it hasn’t and I now find myself desperate to vent a little (or a lot) about this embarrassing problem.

My hair is falling out. At a rather alarming rate. Some hair loss is generally to be expected after pregnancy. Basically, most pregnant women don’t shed any hair at all, hence the lovely thick, glossy locks I sported while I was cooking my son. Once you give birth, your body compensates and you start to shed all the extra hair.

I did experience some hair loss after the birth of my daughter 4 and a half years ago. It’s different this time though. I started loosing hair about 3 weeks after my son was born. I wasn’t too worried at first but now over 10 weeks later I’m still loosing hair. It comes out in hand fulls every time I wash it, it falls out when I brush it and I constantly find hair everywhere over the course of the day.

Under normal circumstance I have a lot of fairly thick hair but right now it just doesn’t feel right. I don’t have any bald patches as such but it has really thinned out at the front around my hairline. Last week my hairdresser suggested that I left some of my fringe over to one side to disguise where it has thinned/receded a little. I was mortified. Added to this, the hair that I do have has become incredibly dry, along with my scalp itself. I can’t seem to style my hair at all and it’s starting to really bother me.

My mum suggested going to my GP for a blood test which I did last week. There is a chance that the hair loss could be caused by anaemia or that there is something wrong with my thyroid. Most likely though is that it’s just down to hormones, possible related to the fact I’m breast feeding. If this is the case then there is probably very little I can do. Maybe I should start trying on some hats now?

Loveaudrey xxx