Since you are pregnant, you may be wondering about what happens after the baby is born. Of course many things happen after the baby is born – you learn to care for the baby, your body recovers from pregnancy and birth, and you begin watching your baby grow and change. There are also other things that happen too, and you may not know about them until they happen because they are not really things that people talk about that much. One of those things is postpartum hair loss. Of course, no one is going to say “wow, you’re pregnant – … Continue reading →

Losing hair in the postpartum period is very common. In fact, many women will experience hair loss about three months after baby’s arrival. Hair loss varies from woman to woman, but can seem excessive. This frequently causes worry among new mothers, who fear they are losing their hair. The hair loss you are now experiencing is the natural shedding of hair that grew during your pregnancy. The hair follicles go through growth stages, including growth phases and resting and shedding phases. This is a natural process that happens to everyone. At any given time, ten to fifteen percent of the … Continue reading →

Whether or not they lost hair during pregnancy, most women will experience some degree of hair loss after the baby is born. This can occur from one to five months after delivery. Three months post partum is the average time for the most noticeable hair loss. The reasons for this hair loss are similar to the reasons for most side effects of pregnancy: your hormones. Gradually over the weeks and months following your baby’s birth, your hormone levels will return to normal. Shedding hair is one of the side effects of this shift in hormones back to the pre pregnancy … Continue reading →

Whenever someone asks the mother of a newborn baby when she expects to have another child, they should expect to get a dirty look, at the very least. That said, it can be surprising how quickly the memories of even a very painful labor and delivery can fade into the background. Even women who screamed very angry words at their husbands or partners in the delivery room may be happy when, at their six week postpartum visit, their doctor gives them the green light to resume intimate activity. All of these things lead to the question of how soon a … Continue reading →

After you give birth to your baby, you give birth to the placenta that nourished your newborn during his time in utero. A growing number of women are having their placenta processed into pills that they take during the postpartum period. Why on earth would anyone want to ingest their placenta? A placenta is very rich in nutrients – it is the means by which nutrition from the food that a mother eats during her pregnancy is transmitted to her growing baby. Research has shown that consuming encapsulated placenta can ward off postpartum depression and give new moms an energy … Continue reading →