I had read somewhere (probably What to Expect) that during pregnancy, your body doesn't shed hair at its usual rate. It preserves it, keeping your body better protected and insulated, etc. It did result in some good hair days, I must say. For this same reason, it can also grow extra body hair, but thankfully I didn't have the good fortune to experience that one!
At any rate, at a certain point, it realizes that it no longer needs this extra protective layer and it sheds all that conserved hair.
I'm terribly glad I read that; otherwise, I would be out purchasing Propecia.
Coleman, having observed the alarming amounts of hair I am losing, asked me if I were getting my "summer coat." Oh, how I love being compared to a canine. The other day, he came out of the bathroom, where I had just cleaned out my brush, and he walked over to where I was sitting and began to rifle through my hair, inspecting my scalp. As I shooed him away he looked at me and said, "I promise I'll still love you when you're bald."
He's a keeper, isn't he? I tell you what: I may be losing hair, but if he keeps this up, he's going to be losing limbs!
My hair loss has finally slowed down. I think mine started to fall out at about the same time or a little later, I'm not sure. Let me tell you, somedays I really thought I was going to be bald. Don't worry things will balance out soon and you won't be dropping so many locks of hair.
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