While there are a lot of things that I knew to expect when having children, others took me totally by surprise—and postpartum hair loss sits right at the top of the list.
Call me underprepared, but I had no idea that after having a baby, it’s incredibly common for you to lose a fair amount of hair due to a drop in hormone levels. For most people, this is a temporary condition known as telogen effluvium, which settles down again around six months after giving birth (and your hair growth should return to normal after that).
