Postpartum Hair Loss

Since about four months post partum, my hair has been falling out in clumps chunks. If I combed my hair over the sink, the droppings look like I just cleaned out a brush and left it.

Washing it was the worst. I would literally have so much hair strung through my fingers, that I had to rinse my hands over and over to leave the hair in piles.

This went on until about a month ago, a solid six months.

I didn't experience this hair loss with Haven. In fact, I felt like my hair got thicker, longer afterwards.

I was trying to think about the differences in myself after bringing them home. I nursed Haven for months, until my pump broke at work, and I saw sweet freedom for the summer.

Fact: I can be really selfish.

I nursed Olive a whole three weeks, until we all four got sick, for the third time, within a month. At that point, I just wanted to hole up in a hotel and watch seasons 1 &2 of Parenthood alone. There was also a touch of postpartum depression with Olive, that came like a tidal wave, but then quickly left.

Anyway, I don't know where this came from... But I am now left with chunks of adifferentkindofhairthatidontwanttosayontheblog on my forehead, around my ears, and across the back of my neck.

See Exhibit A.

I can't even wear a pony tail because I look like one of those kids from 6th grade that shaved the back of their head and wore a ponytail. {Only my trashy school?}

So I went to get my hair done on Saturday and my stylist wouldn't color my hair because of the breakage. She doesn't even want me to blow dry it, let alone use my 300 degree gold iron on my strands.

Instead, I am going to rock the hippie look for the next few weeks.... or Darci's version of Lazy Girl Curls, meaning wearing my hair to bed wet and just spraying some fun in the morning.

And while you're over there cracking up from the sass in her vlog, be sure to check out her whole page HERE. She is has a dry sense of humor, which is about 90% sarcasm and 10% charm.

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Have you experienced postpartum hair loss? Did it grow back the same? Did you walk around with what appeared to be pubes across your hair line? Did I just take these questions too far?