I am going BALD! July 28, 2008
I realize that what I am experiencing is just part of the post-pregnancy thing, but really it is getting a bit ridiculous! Thanks to Audra’s warning, I was prepared to loose more hair than normal after Kendal was born, but no matter the warning this is more than I could have imagined. I thought for a while that I might escape the whole hair loss thing, after all I felt like I continued to loose a normal amount of hair throughout my pregnancy. But no such luck, right about the time Kendal turned 13 weeks old, the shedding began.
And I mean SHEDDING! Kendal is now 18 weeks old, and it hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. I can’t keep up with it. Everyone knows that I have VERY thick hair, and I think this is my punishment for it! I sweep the bathroom floor daily, and it is still always covered in hair. Bobby assures me that it doesn’t bother him, but it makes me crazy. Every time I run my fingers through my hair, they come out with a handful of hair! And according to my reading, it could keep going like this for months!
When I was in college I donated 13 inches of my hair to Locks of Love, and my cousins JillyAnne and Jacy donate every couple of years. I think Locks of Love is missing the boat – they should ask new moms to donate the hair they shed. Seriously, I could sweep it up and save it – there really is THAT much. Good thing my hair was think to start…
Jen, I lost so much hair that I actually had a receding hairline. It was terrible. The receding hairline was just the start, too! It started exactly when Coby was 3 months, and I felt like it continued as long as I nursed him. I’m still seeing new hair growth! I know how much it sucks….