Around three months after giving birth, many women are alarmed to find their hair starting to fall out. Although this is a pretty ubiquitous anacdote shared among new mothers, the science - where it exists - tells us that it might not be a real phenomenon.

In this episode, Leila and Kim dive into the pitiful research that has been done to figure out if postpartum hairloss is a real thing, and what might be causing it.

In this episode:

• We compare notes on our hair growth during pregnancy and its subsequent loss after birth.
• A brief review of the limited research that's been done into postpartum hair loss.
• We consider whether this hair loss is a real thing, or if it's all in our heads. 
• A run down on how hair grows normally, and how this growth cycle is changed by the transforma ...