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I’ve talked a lot about the bits nobody wants to hear when it comes to hair loss: you can’t completely stop the normal hormonal postpartum shed.

But just because something is normal or hormonal, doesn’t mean there isn’t anything you can do to support regrowth and to minimise the amount of hair you’re losing.

Postpartum hair loss is hormonal and normal. But that doesn’t mean we stop asking the questions.

If you came to me and said your hair was shedding postpartum, I’m not going to diagnose you from that on it’s own. Nor am I going to give you a supplement and send you on the way.

I want the bigger picture:

How are you generally?

What kind of sleep are you getting?

Are you dizzy?

How was your birth? How’s your recovery?

What are you meals like? Are you managing to eat anything in the day?

Normal postpartum shedding can be happening, but there can be other things alongside it that’s worth considering.

Iron is a great example – low iron doesn’t mean 100% that’s why your hair is falling out. But iron does matter for hair loss and if you have other signs of iron deficiency, that’s worth discussing with your GP too.

And this is my entire issue with postpartum support. We’re either told: “It’s normal, wait it out” or we end up in a 3 hour rabbit hold on google or claude trying to work out if we need more collagen, biotin, iodine, silica or iron and if there’s a supplement that has them all in!

None of this is especially helpful when you’re recovering postpartum, trying to keep a tiny human alive and running on limited sleep.

Later this week I’ll explore with you exactly the nutrients that can support hair regrowth and where we go from here.

I’m Kimberley

Hiii, I’m Kimberley.

Certified Nutrition Consultant. Mum. History geek. Terrible cook. And someone who thinks we’ve got postpartum preparation completely backwards.

I knew a lot about looking after myself before I became a mum.

And then I became one.

Knowing what would probably be good for you and actually managing to do it when you’re exhausted, recovering and responsible for a tiny human are two very different things.

That’s a huge part of why this work exists.

My background is in nutrition, but I don’t believe postpartum wellbeing starts and ends with what’s on your plate.

Food is important..but so is sleep, recovery, movement, stress, support, your relationships and the enormous identity shift that happens when you become somebody’s mum.

I also don’t believe there’s one correct version of motherhood.

Breastfeed. Bottle feed. Mix feed.

Have the epidural.

Don’t have the epidural.

Live a bit crunchy.

Get the Botox.

Buy the good coffee.

I want you to have good information, understand your options and feel confident making the decisions that are right for you.

And when something sits outside my scope?

I’ll tell you.

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