Thread: Less body hair while breastfeeding?

Since I gave birth, 2 months ago, I notices that my body hair, especially arms and armpits are less hairy, and I have very hairy body. The face is more or less the same. Did anyone of you have similar experience, is it beacuse of labor or breastfeeding, and is it only temporary?

Originally Posted by lola78

Since I gave birth, 2 months ago, I notices that my body hair, especially arms and armpits are less hairy, and I have very hairy body. The face is more or less the same. Did anyone of you have similar experience, is it beacuse of labor or breastfeeding

Yes, from the first weeks of pregnancy my moustache growth slowed down dramatically -- instead of having to shave every day I could get by shaving only every two or three days. I assume it was due to an increase in my estrogen levels.

and is it only temporary?

After I stopped breast feeding each child my moustache growth rapidly returned to normal with the need to shave every day.

So, the only solution is to breastfeed forever :-)

Originally Posted by lola78

So, the only solution is to breastfeed forever :-)

Well, the facts that
1) I had breasts (I'm normally totally flat-chested)
and
2) There were some mornings that I didn't need to shave my face
certainly did make me feel a whole lot more feminine.

On the other hand, once things returned to what is for me "normal" it doesn't really upset me at all that I have to shave, or for that matter that I don't have normal breasts. I'm very glad that I had the experience, each time I was pregnant, of being a more or less "normal" woman (at least on the days I didn't have to shave) but I'm happy the way I am.