+12W 5D 抜け毛 Hair falling out

妊娠中は髪の調子がすごくいいのに、出産したら抜け毛が増えたという話しをよく聞く。確かに、出産前は髪の毛を洗ってもあまり毛が抜けなかったのに、最近、家中、私の毛だらけ。そして、私だけではなく、アラタも髪が薄くなってきた。ベビーベッドにも短くて細い毛がたくさん落ちている。

毛穴の細胞は活動期、休止期を経て抜ける。妊娠後期に多く排出される女性ホルモンには、この活動期を延ばす働きがあるが、出産後通常レベルに戻ると、寿命が来ていた髪が一斉に休止期に入り抜けるため、髪が薄くなる～って思うようだ。胎内にいた赤ちゃんもこのホルモンの恩恵を受けているので、出生後はホルモンバランスの低下により、生後３、４ヶ月で細くて柔らかい赤ちゃん毛が抜け落ちる。その後、質も違うオトナ？の髪の毛が生えてくる。アラタの髪の毛は何色になるのかなあ。

During pregnancy, my hair condition was really good. It was shining and beautiful. Not much hair fell out. As most of the new mums complain, my hair has also started to fall out recently. Lots of hairs on the floor in our flat! And it's not only me. Arata has started to lose his hair as well. You can find loads of his short downy hairs in the cot.

Hair growth has 2 stages, the growing and the resting, after which, it falls out. Towards the end of the pregnancy, estrogen level increases. As estrogen helps the hair growing period extend, we don't have much hair lost. However, after giving birth, the level of the hormone goes back to normal and the hairs which have been kept survived by the extra hormone get into the resting stage all together. This is why we lose lots of hair when pregnancy finishes. The babies also experience the similar processes and around 3 to 4 months after birth, baby's downy hair starts to fall out. When baby's new hair comes in, it will be different colour and texture. I wonder what colour of hair Arata is going to have!