Deciding to Try

Hi girls!  About a year ago, I was losing hair like crazy.  It had me so freaked out I went to the doctor to find out if something was wrong with me.  Then I realized it directly coincided with going off my birth control pills.  In January of this year DH and I decided I should go back on my BC to delay our plans to conceive - my hair stopped falling out and has now filled back in and is great again.  However, now we are considering it again and to be honest... I'm scared.

I realize a lot of girls will say "if you want to have a baby bad enough it shouldn't matter if you lose your hair to get there"... ummm okay... but it does matter to me.

Has anyone heard of this?  Obviously hair loss due to hormone changes probably isn't that uncommon, but do you know of any way to minimize it?  Herbal supplements, etc.?

I always thought taking those prenatal vitamins made women grow beautiful hair faster... but that wasn't the case for me.

Any advice is appreciated!

Wow, I have never heard of this!  I googled it and found quite a few websites on the subject, here are just a couple:

http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Connection-Between-Birth-Control-And-Hair-Loss&id=546637

I don't blame you at all for being concerned about this, and it would definitely matter to me.  I would talk with your doctor and hopefully they could develop a plan or give you some resources in case you did want to get off bcp someday.