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KackyK
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 10:21pm \| IP Logged

Anyone have any? I'm 3 months postpartum.

Or do you cross our fingers that you won't be bald in a month? That's where I'm at!

A friend at church said to take biotin, never heard of it.

The hair loss has gotten worse after each pregnancy and miscarriage, including both of those, this is my 12th hair loss! I still have new growth coming in from my last pregnancy before this one! I guess it's age too.

Oh well...just wallowing in my shedding!

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 12:02am \| IP Logged

There's not really a "remedy".. because it's a normal thing with the changing hormones of giving birth.

Kellymom.com has a FAQ that gives a nice answer.. plus a couple things you could check out..

They mention that more than normal hair loss can be due to iron deficiency anemia or hypothyroidism, both which can be post partum conditions. I know I've seen elsewhere that there's a type of hypothyroidism that is strictly postpartum and often resolves on it's own.

And they mention taking good vitamins may help.

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 10:26pm \| IP Logged

Thanks Jodie!

Yeah, I pretty much knew there was no remedy. Just way wishful thinking. Makes me nervous though!

I just ran out of my old prenatals...they were expensive. So I need to do something more one-a-dayish and not so much $$$. Got any suggestions? (as I hijack my own thread!)

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Posted: June 11 2010 at 11:15pm \| IP Logged

hmmm trying to think.. there was one that was very like Rainbow Light... SuperMom I think they were called..

I'll check with the friend that told me about them and get back to you.

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Posted: June 12 2010 at 2:15pm \| IP Logged

I am also 3 months postpartem and loosing hair by the loads :) This is my 9th pregnancy and the only "solution" was to cut my hair a bit shorter. Now it doesn't look SO thin.

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Posted: June 18 2010 at 6:16am \| IP Logged

Try wild yam ! You can get the cream or the tincture . It worked for me . the hair loss thing is a hormonal thing and wild yam helps get you back on track . I used it maybe for 3 months and it balanced me right out I did not need to use it again for about 1 1/2 yrs . once you move into peri-meno wild yam works ok but if not like in menopause wild yam does not work as well so move into using Motherwort instead , hot flashes gone in a flash , rarely to return

hope this helps

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