Postpartum Hair Loss - Is It All In Your Head?!

Around three months after giving birth, many women are alarmed to find their hair starting to fall out. Although this is a pretty ubiquitous anacdote shared among new mothers, the science - where it exists - tells us that it might not be a real phenomenon. In this episode, Leila and Kim dive into the pitiful research that has been done to figure out if postpartum hairloss is a real thing, and what might be causing it. In this episode: We compare notes on our hair growth during pregnancy and its subsequent loss after birth. A brief review of the limited research that's been done into postpartum hair loss. We consider whether this hair loss is a real thing, or if it's all in our heads.  A run down on how hair grows normally, and how this growth cycle is changed by the transformative process of having a child.  How the amount and timing of hair loss is affected by things like breastfeeding and the seasons How and why our babies also lose hair, and how that's tied to many of the same processes.  What we can do about postpartum hair loss