The hair in your brush isn't a sign that something's wrong. Through pregnancy, your hormones kept every strand holding on. After birth, they let go together, usually starting around month three. It settles for most moms between six and twelve months. Past a year, or coming out in patches, is when it's worth a doctor's look.
Why does hair fall after delivery?
Hair grows in shifts. At any normal moment, most strands are growing and a small crew is resting, getting ready to fall and be replaced. That's the eighty-odd strands on an ordinary day's pillow and comb.
Pregnancy suspends the schedule. High oestrogen holds hair in the growing shift far longer than usual, which is why so many moms get that thick, glossy pregnancy hair: almost nobody was leaving. After delivery, hormones step down, and every strand that skipped its exit queues up at once. The shed usually starts around month three and can be genuinely dramatic; handfuls in the shower drain, a hairline that looks different in photos. Your hair isn't falling out. It's catching up.
What can I do about postpartum shedding?
Nothing stops a hormonal shed, and any product promising to is lying to you. What you can do is treat the hair you have gently and set up the regrowth well.
- Wide-tooth comb, starting from the ends.
- Loose styles, because a tight bun pulls on roots that are already busy.
- Keep protein and iron in your meals; hair is protein, and Indian moms run low on iron often enough that it's always worth a thought.
- Sleep, in whatever fragments you can get it.
The old ritual holds up too. A weekly champi with Mamaroots Oil conditions the strands and gives the scalp the slow massage it deserves, and our shampoo washes it out gently, without stripping, for hair that feels fuller and stronger-feeling as the new growth comes in. You'll spot that regrowth around month five or six: a fringe of short, stubborn baby hairs standing up along the hairline. Ordinary. And quietly, a good sign.
