I'm a nursing mama and nursed the other two also. Your hair is just fine. I am still loosing hair and my little guy is almost 10 mo. plus when we have dread we are not brushing away the dead hair. After this baby I lost handfuls of hair and i'm not bald. you are beautiful mama.
don't worry mama. It's normal to lose some hair after having the baby. When you are pregnant you don't lose nearly as much hair as normal. I probably had the thickest best head of hair when I was pregnant with DD and then it thinned out to its usual fine consistency about a year after. It will stop and your hair will be fine. I am still nursing DD (20 months old) and my hair is ok now. Besides your gorgeous anyway, you look great, I can't believe from your picture you are only 4 months post-partum!
thanx! I'm not back to my pre-pregnancy weight yet though. Not that I care, I'm eating a lot! Riloh is a hungry baby and would be permanantly attatched to the boob if he could ^..^ he is in love with it I showed my husband my receding hairline today and he said it's not noticalbe.
and concerning Jerry Wobbles, I took prenatals but stopped after I had DD. Been breastfeeding her for 20 months, I eat super healthy and we are both doing fine. Pediatrician says DD is incredibly healthy and she has never had anything worse then a cold. Vitamins certainly won't hurt but you aren't a terrible mother for not taking them.
It happened to my teacher at High School. She had gorgeous hair before her baby then it all lost it's thickness and shine. I don't think it'd be noticeable on you since you have dreads. I think her hair was okay after a year or so and went back to normal
all this talk of balding after babies is putting me off having them =[ but yesh,, you are very very pretty and someone else mentioned about it only being 4 month post partum! i was shocked by that =] im also voting that its the hormones going a bit cer-azy, maybe if it gets worse/more noticeable then a trip to a doctor maybe? but then it might just because youve noticed it, so it seems like a huuuge deal
I agree! If you are eating healthy foods you get plenty of vitamins. I didn't take my prenatals every day and my little dude is very healthy. He is 9 months and weighs in at 25 pounds. That is all breastmilk!! So Jerry Wobbles piss off.
I hate when men try and lecture you on things that they will never understand or experience! Exactly, you can get all you need from good organic fruits and veg rather than loading up on vits. My baby doubled his birth weight by 3months just from breatmilk. were doing wonderful, (as in you&me) I pity Jerry Wobbles gf (if he has one) as he sounds like he'd be a pain in the ass breathing down your neck. eugh! Thanx for the lovely comments everyone! x
It is quite common for some women to experience some hair loss approximately 3 months after childbirth. This hair loss is triggered by the sudden changes in hormone levels. Some statistics suggest a 20% of mothers lose hair during childbirth and others suggest a figure closer to 45%. Fortunately in most cases the hair will return to normal 9-12 month after the child’s birth. Many woman notice that their hair is thicker and healthier during pregnancy, this is due to the increased levels of hormones oestrogen and progesterone which cause more hairs than normal to remain in the growth phase. When the child is born however many of the hair follicles that had delayed entering the resting phase suddenly enter the resting phase due to the rapid drop in hormone levels. As a result of this these hairs are then shed about 3 months after the birth. Oh and I PM'd you
i'm sure men can understand obvious nutritional needs for newborns and their mothers. i wouldn't say jerrywobbles is an idiot because he is a man, just an idiot.:hat:
your right, men can understand obvious nutritional needs for newborns. And yes he does seem to be an idiot and thats not because he is a man. Sorry men, I love you realli.
It is not from nursing, and likely not from your dreads. It is hormones. When you are pregnant you actually GET HAIR, your hair growth/loss pattern,or cycle doesn't cycle into the lose-(typically every person grows some hair ,and looses some hair every month- unless you are preggy) you just gain, until you have the baby then the loss part comes all at once, and it makes it seeem like you are loosing a lot of hair. Sometimes it does thin out quite a bit before the growth loss cycle gets back in balance, also, if anything nursing HELPS balane those hormones that affect that. BUT - nursing can depleat YOUR vitamins(to give them to babe),just make sure to eat healthy -er.um what I see now that mamamojo already said.. well, I already typed all that out I am gonna post it lol
what an ignorant thing to say. obviously she is more perceptive than that. she has just recognized a SYMPTOM and is inquiring as to what the overall problem might be, for HER sake AND for her kid's. most likely, she thought she was getting the proper nutrients before, but now that she is noticing hair loss, she is starting to worry, like any mother would, about both her own health and that of her baby.
With the rapid hair loss due to your hormones your going to have wonderfully thick dreads. I envy your figure and so soon after giving birth. Ignore Jerrywobbles. You're getting enough vitamins through your diet and it's normal to worry about hair loss. Your husbands right. It's not noticeable
i am ignorant,i apologize for running my mouth about something i don't know.....let karma kick my ass for it
