Excess hair - OMG!

[Taurean]

I was mentioning in another thread that I have been so very lucky (not) to be blessed with a ridiculous amount of excess hair since falling pregnant. Gotta love the hormones!

I get waxed every 6 weeks (have done for years) so the usual areas are taken care of but just recently I've noticed I have a fine growth under my chin! Most of the hair is very light coloured (I'm dark haired) so I'm grateful for that but they're quite long and stand out a bit when I'm in the right (wrong?!) light. I didn't think anyone else had noticed them but my mum pointed them out to me on Friday nad my DH affectionality informed me yesteday that he still loves me, even if I do have a beard!! Glad he's not concerned about it but I'm starting to get a bit selfconcious now!!!

Has anyone else had this problem? Would you suggest waxing? I'm a bit scared to start waxing it as I don't want to wax under my chin for the rest of my life, especially as I've never had hair there before so there's a good chance it will disappear after the birth. But can I put up with it for THAT long and will it disappear down the track?

Any suggestions for this hairy pregnant woman?!

[Peach*]

Argh! I know how you feel, i woke up with half a mo' one day and FREAKED when i just fell pregnant. I plucked it and it didnt grow back(thank god!)
I would say try plucking it first, even though you wax usually your face is much more sensitive and how bad would a rash be??!! good luck

[Just Me]

I had the same problem with my pg - hair growing in places it doesn't normally. I had hair on my face with DS (it was actually more like fur it was so thick but it was fair so not hugely noticeable). If you can live with it, just leave it because it all falls out or goes away after you have the baby. Lol at your DH - glad to hear that he is being so loving and supportive. They really have no idea at times.

My hair from my head gets really thick too while I am pg and falls out afterwards from 3 months onwards. After my last pg, my hairdresser asked if I was having chemo because of all the hair I was losing. Hair and pg seem to go hand in hand.

[Netty]

It's strange, my hair growth seems to slow when I am preg in all the shaving/plucking areas. I lost tonnes of my hair on my head after DD for months and months, it never really stopped to be honest til I got pg again.

Now I am wondering something coz we didnt find out boy or girl.. do you think excess hair is a boy thing due to the testosterone or it is a myth? If its not a myth then maybe I am haivng another girl Would like to point out however that everyone is convinced its a boy this time..

Do you know what you are having yet Taurean?

[Jellyfish]

I developed a snail trail during pregnancy. I HATED IT. Luckily, it has disappeared now! I just left it because everyone warned me that removing it might make it grow back thicker and I really didn't want to risk that happening haha.

[Taurean]

I'm so glad to hear I'm not alone on my hairy journey!!! I spoke to my beautician and she said if we wax it, it won't come back thicker and or darker as it's hormone related so I think I'm going to be rid of the dreaded beard!! LOL!

Netty - interesting thought! We're not finding out the sex so I'm not sure. My sister had 2 boys though and had no significant hair growth so I don't think it's an indicator of the sex but anything is possible!