How did your hair change pp?

[Liv]

My hair is STILL falling out in clumps in the shower, and the other day I noticed that I have teeny short "baby hairs" growing in along my hairline and the part in my hair. It looks so weird. I think my new growth is straighter now, too-- my hair has always been really curly, so I wouldn't mind growing something with less frizz!


Have you seen any changes, big or small, in your hair after baby's arrival?

[surfmama106]

Still breastfeeding but basically everything is super dry. Once a week I soak my hair in coconut oil overnight and I swear it hardly does anything.

[Liv]

Feb 1, 2015 17:43:35 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

Just the hair loss so far. So much hair. And it's never the gray hairs. I wish just the gray hairs would fall out.

YES!! Stupid grays.

[Liv]

Feb 1, 2015 17:49:02 GMT -5 surfmama106 said:

Still breastfeeding but basically everything is super dry. Once a week I soak my hair in coconut oil overnight and I swear it hardly does anything.

Mine is so dry too. Like you said, coconut oil barely makes a dent. Ugh.

[isolemnlyswear]

My hair really didn't change texture....but it's a ton darker! My hairdresser said that all the new growth is brown I've been a blonde my whole life....

[honeybee434]

I cut a few inches off when she was about a month old because it felt really blah when I was on maternity leave. It's back to a decent length, and it still seems a little blah. I think a lot of that is not having as much time to fix it so it had volume.

[quinncat]

I swear likem 3/4 of my hair fell out. My pony tail was so skinny. I ended up chopping it off because it was so thin. Now I just have normal hair loss and it is starting to thicken up again.

[chickiebabe7575]

I have also started to notice the baby hairs at my hairline. And the hair is still falling out. My hair is all over the house. It's truly disgusting.

[anotherdreamer]

My hair was falling out in handfuls until a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago... Once that stopped, it got SUPER oily and gross. I had to buy special deep cleansing shampoo and that made it not as soft. My hair is wavy and with layering & gel/mousse I used to coax it into loose curls... Not anymore. It just hangs limp and sad. I miss my old hair. I'm still BFing so maybe that's why, or it's diet related, idk... I just miss my hair.

[jnnfrrose6]

I haven't noticed any changes, but then again I'm kind of oblivious to subtle changes. No noticeable hair loss (well, nothing more than "usual," but I've been either pregnant or nursing since the end of 2011, so my "normal" could be way off base).

[Lola]

I'm still loosing a ton every day. I feel like pretty soon I'll be bald. My hair grows sooooo slow. I feel like I'll pp with a second baby before it even has the chance to grow out.

[GrrArgh]

A lot of falling out, but I had pretty brittle hair before I got pregnant, so it not falling out/breaking at all was a big change. It is still pretty thick and long so I think it has a ways to go. I am going to go chop most of it off as soon as I have some time.

The most annoying thing is that I tried bangs just before A was born and I HATE them and they refuse to grow out.

[gingergrant]

I always had very long, thick, curly hair. I shed a lot between 2-5 months PP, but I would still say that my hair is thick, just not as thick as when I was pregnant. I'm noticing that my hair isn't really curly anymore, but it's not straight either. So basically I have no idea how to style it now. If I put curling cream or mousse in it, it doesn't look right (more like 80s waves) but it frizzes in the back if I try to straighten it (not that I ever have time to do that anyway). I also have those tiny baby hairs, just in front of my ears.

[lucanjo14]

Still losing a decent amount of hair here. Shower drain is gross, and when I blowdry my hair the floor is covered. My hairline especially looks so thin. Baby hairs are starting to come in a little bit and they stick out funny so it's not really helping.

[mary1217]

My hair didn't change too much during the pregnancy or after that I noticed. My hair dresser said it is thicker though. Oh and on Saturday she found a whole patch of gray. Its in the back and not super noticeable. I'm just going to pretend like its not there for now. I told her she could play with my color once the gray got super noticeable. She wants to add red to my hair.

I've changed my hair a lot on my own over the past couple of years. From long and blonde to short and my natural color (which is a light brown).

[bullybutt]

3.5 months to 5.5 months was a nightmare. It was falling out like nobodies business. Now my hair is super dry feeling even though I douse it in coconut oil every weekend. I just need to chop it all off. I'll do that in a couple months when it warms back up.

[mamanorris]

Still losing my hair at an alarming rate. I don't know how I am not bald at this point. I never stopped losing my hair after ds1, while I was pregnant it looked fantastic. Now I'm back to the thin frizzy shit show.

[liziz]

My hair loss slowed down in the last month or so (thank goodness!), but i'm starting to see the baby hairs in a halo around my face. So frizzy looking!

I think my hair grew in curlier while I was pregnant (it's neither curly nor straight = styling nightmare = always in a ponytail) so that's been fun because I can wear it curly a little easier for the time being.

My biggest hair trouble right now is that LO's favorite activity is pulling on it. While she's nursing, when I'm holding her, really whenever. If it's in a ponytail, she pulls hunks out of the hair tie, and if it's not, then she just pulls. So fun! (NOT!)

[lablover13]

Feb 2, 2015 13:11:03 GMT -5 liziz said:

My hair loss slowed down in the last month or so (thank goodness!), but i'm starting to see the baby hairs in a halo around my face. So frizzy looking!

I think my hair grew in curlier while I was pregnant (it's neither curly nor straight = styling nightmare = always in a ponytail) so that's been fun because I can wear it curly a little easier for the time being.

My biggest hair trouble right now is that LO's favorite activity is pulling on it. While she's nursing, when I'm holding her, really whenever. If it's in a ponytail, she pulls hunks out of the hair tie, and if it's not, then she just pulls. So fun! (NOT!)

The hair pulling is terrible! I will only wear my hair in a braid because it is the only way LO doesn't pull it out.

I am jealous that hair falling out and baby hairs growing in is not the norm for some of you. That is how my hair always is... tons of hair falling out and tons of baby hairs everywhere. I guess on the upside my hair did not change at all while I was pregnant (at least not that I can tell).

[liziz]

Feb 2, 2015 13:35:27 GMT -5 lablover13 said:

Feb 2, 2015 13:11:03 GMT -5 liziz said:

My hair loss slowed down in the last month or so (thank goodness!), but i'm starting to see the baby hairs in a halo around my face. So frizzy looking!

I think my hair grew in curlier while I was pregnant (it's neither curly nor straight = styling nightmare = always in a ponytail) so that's been fun because I can wear it curly a little easier for the time being.

My biggest hair trouble right now is that LO's favorite activity is pulling on it. While she's nursing, when I'm holding her, really whenever. If it's in a ponytail, she pulls hunks out of the hair tie, and if it's not, then she just pulls. So fun! (NOT!)

The hair pulling is terrible! I will only wear my hair in a braid because it is the only way LO doesn't pull it out.

I am jealous that hair falling out and baby hairs growing in is not the norm for some of you. That is how my hair always is... tons of hair falling out and tons of baby hairs everywhere. I guess on the upside my hair did not change at all while I was pregnant (at least not that I can tell).

A friend said a while ago that he thought little girls pulled hair way worse than little boys, and after watching our friend's boy this weekend, I can honestly say he was right! Boy did not pull my hair at all. I could just hug him, and it was awesome!

[surfmama106]

Feb 2, 2015 12:10:03 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

3.5 months to 5.5 months was a nightmare. It was falling out like nobodies business. Now my hair is super dry feeling even though I douse it in coconut oil every weekend. I just need to chop it all off. I'll do that in a couple months when it warms back up.

Same. But my hairdresser would never let me really chop it off. She's a friend and kinda controlling haha. But I have about zero style so I trust her.

[sararl07]

At home I'm always sporting a pony tail or messy bun around dd. If not she is fascinated with it and either tries to grab it or will get her hand get tangled in it when I have curly hair.

[dawnfire]

I just brush out lots of it when I brush my hair. So much gets stuck in the brush it's crazy. Or LO likes to help by yanking it out himself. Or it just sticks to him. I feel like 90% of the hair I've lost, I've found attached to his little body!

The grey hairs are growing in extra crazy. Like, crazy cat lady crazy.

[Liv]

Feb 2, 2015 9:36:03 GMT -5 mary1217 said:

My hair didn't change too much during the pregnancy or after that I noticed. My hair dresser said it is thicker though. Oh and on Saturday she found a whole patch of gray. Its in the back and not super noticeable. I'm just going to pretend like its not there for now. I told her she could play with my color once the gray got super noticeable. She wants to add red to my hair.

I've changed my hair a lot on my own over the past couple of years. From long and blonde to short and my natural color (which is a light brown).

I've always been jealous of ladies who can pull off so many colors and styles! You're adorable.

[emilillies]

The hair loss has begun to slow over the past two week or so here. Before baby, I had nearly waist length hair. At about 10 weeks pp, I had it all cut off into a chin length layered style. I have yet to get my ass back to the salon because ain't nobody got time for that. It looks AWFUL...so thin and dead looking, and misshapen from the overgrown style.that is the picture we went off of, except a little more layers throughout, just a teeny tiny bit stacked in the back too. It was super cute because it was easily straightened but very pretty if I did it wavy/curly which is my natural texture.